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With BJP support,
MNS bags Nashik mayor's post
Thursday March 15, 2012 10:26:33 PM,
IANS
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Nashik: The Raj
Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Thursday bagged the
prestigious post of mayor in the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC)
with the unexpected support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
MNS candidate Yatin Wagh romped home with 56 votes while Communist
Party of India's Tanaji Jaibhave got only three votes in the
122-member house.
MNS won 40 seats while the BJP had 14 members in the house. The
Congress-Nationalist Congress Party combine with 35 seats
abstained from voting while the Shiv Sena boycotted the
proceedings.
In the electoral maths, MNS needed the magic figure of 62 in the
122-member house. Besides the BJP members, two others also
supported the MNS candidate.
Stung by what it termed as a volte face by its long-time ally, the
Shiv Sena criticised the BJP.
Shiv Sena Nashik unit spokesperson Arvind Sawant alleged that its
ally, BJP, "committed a volte face at the last minute" and did not
adhere "to the requirements of alliance politics".
The development came a fortnight after Raj Thackeray declared
publicly that the "MNS engine (its party symbol)" would not be
"parked in somebody else's yard", implying his party would not
ally with anybody.
Later, in an unexpected move last week, MNS declared its support
to the Shiv Sena-BJP-RPI mayors in Mumbai and Thane municipal
corporations.
This was followed by the BJP staking its claim to the post of
mayor with MNS support.
BJP state president Sudhir Mungantiwar pointed out that the BJP
and Shiv Sena fought the elections separately in Nashik, so there
was no question of 'betrayal' as alleged by Shiv Sena.
Mungantiwar said the sentiments of the people were with MNS and
the BJP respected it by extending support to the party.
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