Maha: Sena clinches dy mayor post in Aurangabad civic body

Shiv Sena's Rajendra Janjal won the election for deputy mayor's post at Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in Maharashtra on Tuesday. The polls were necessitated following the resignation of BJP's Vijay Autade, who stepped down after the Uddhav Thackeray-led government had stopped the water supply scheme meant for Aurangabad, which was sanctioned by the former chief minister.

Of the 115 corporators in the civic body, 100 remained present to cast their votes. While Janjal won the election with 51 votes, BJP- backed independent candidate Gokulsingh Malke got 34 votes and Zafar Khan of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) got 13 votes.

Congress candidate Afsar Khan withdrew his form and sent his resignation to party state unit president Balasaheb Thorat alleging that the deputy mayor's post would have been given to the Congress but the party failed to take initiative. Meanwhile, speaking to reporters here, Janjal said, "I have won this election by 51 votes. Although my term is short, I will try my level best to meet voters' expectations." Fresh elections will be held for the AMC in April 2020.

The Shiv Sena is the largest party in the civic body with 29 corporators. While the AIMIM has 24, BJP has 23, Congress 11, NCP have four, Bahujan Samaj Party have five, RPI (Democratic) have two, apart from the 17 independents..