Mumbai: Shiv Sena corporator Kishori Pednekar has been elected the new mayor of Mumbai. At the same time, Suhas Wadekar of Shiv Sena has been elected deputy mayor. Kishori Pednekar will be the mayor of BMC for the next two and a half years. The election of Kishori Pednekar in the 227-seat BMC was uncontested. After the creation of Mahpur, the teenager said that it would be his priority to eliminate the potholes on the Mumbai road.
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Along with this, the teenager also said that education, health and providing clean water to the people will also be included in his priority. There was a big uproar in the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation of Maharashtra. Despite having a majority, the BJP's mayoral candidate was defeated at Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation. BJP's rebel leader Omi Kalani supported the Shiv Sena. Shivsena's Lilabai Ashan has won the post of mayor in Ulhasnagar, defeating Jeevan Idhanani of BJP by 8 votes.
Shiv Sena's Lilabai Ashan received 43 votes, while Jeevan Idanani of BJP got 35 votes. In the election for the post of deputy mayor, Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress and rebel BJP councilors have fielded Bhapi Rao, candidate of RPI Athawale faction by 44 votes. Here, BJP's Vijay Patil lost the election as deputy mayor.
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