Nashik civic polls: Himgauri Aher-Adke set to become Nashik mayor

The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP has finalised Himgauri AherAdke as its candidate for the post of Mayor of Nashik Her victory appears certain due to the BJPrsquos strong numerical position in the Nashik Municipal Corporation NMCHimgauri AherAdke and Machhindra Sanap son of former mayor Balasaheb Sanap filed their nomination papers as BJP candidates for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor respectively on the final day for submitting nominationsTheir candidature was announced by state minister Girish Mahajan during a party meeting a BJP leader saidHimgauri AherAdke is the niece of former state health minister Daulatrao AherMeanwhile Seema Pawar of Shiv Sena UBT has also filed her nomination for the mayorrsquos postDeputy mayor contestApart from Machhindra Sanap Rahul Dive Vilas Shinde and Pravin Tidme of the Shiv Sena have filed their nomination papers for the post of deputy mayorElections for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Nashik Municipal Corporation will be held on February 6AherAdkersquos victory appears certain as the BJP holds 72 seats in the 122member NMC The Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena has 26 corporators Shiv Sena UBT has 15 the Nationalist Congress Party NCP has four the Congress has three the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS has one and there is one Independent corporatorKishori Pednekar likely to be the leader of Opposition in BMCFormer Mumbai mayor and Shiv Sena UBT elected corporator from Lower Parel Kishori Pednekar is likely to take charge as the Leader of the Opposition in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC according to information from the office of the municipal secretaryThe development comes after the completion of partywise registration of corporators following the recent electionsApart from the Shiv Sena led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde all political parties had completed their partywise registrations earlier However the 29 corporators of the Shiv Sena Shinde faction have now also completed their registration processOn Tuesday the Nationalist Congress Party NCP and the Nationalist Congress Party SP completed the registration of their four corporators at Konkan Bhavan With this all 227 corporators have completed their registrations with the Mumbai civic body the office of the municipal secretary confirmedLeadership roles finalisedThe Leader of the House from the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP will be Ganesh Khankar as the BJP has emerged as the single largest party in the BMCBoth Ganesh Khankar and Kishori Pednekar are expected to hold their respective positions for a fiveyear tenure unless their parties decide otherwise during the term sources saidwith PTI inputs