Mumbai, Feb 23: Total of 31 Muslim candidates have won out of the 2,275 candidates that contested for the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) election. BMC, along with nine other municipal corporations in Maharashtra state went into polls on February 21.
From Congress party 11 Muslim won, Samajwadi Party (SP)- 7, AIMIM-4, Shiv Sena-2, National Congress Party (NCP)-6, and one Independent candidate won.
List of 31 Muslim candidates who won in BMC polls:
Ward No- 34, Candidate- Qamarjhan Siidique, Party-Congress
Ward NO- 48, Candidate- Salma Almelkar, Party- Congress
224, Afreen Javed Shaikh-Congress
213, Javed Ibrahim Juneja-Congress
223, Waqarunnissa Ansari-AIMIM
211, Raecs Kasam Shaikh-SP
188, Gohil Shantu Afasar Khan Vakil- NCP
184, Babbu Khan-Congress
179, Mufti Niyaz Vanu-Congress
170, Malik Abdul Rashid (Captan)- NCP
168, Dr. Saida Arif Khan-NCP
167, Dilshad Azmi-Congress
165 Ashraf Azmi-Congress
162, Wazid Wahid Qureshi- Congress
147, Ayesha Rafique Sheikh -SP
145, Shahnawaz Shaikh-AIMIM
140, Shaikh Nadiya Mohsin- NCP
139, Akhtar Abdul Razzaq Quresh-SP
138, Ayesha Bano Mohammed Khan-SP
137, Mrs. Ayesha Rafiq Shaikh Khatik-SP
136, Mrs. Rukhsana Nazim Siddiqui -SP
134, Mrs. Saira Safahad Khan-SP
124, Khan Jyoti Harun-NCP
102, Mumtaaz Rehbhar -AIMIM
101, Asif Ahmed Zakaria-Congress
96, Mohammed Haleem-Shiv Sena
92, Gulnaz Qureshi -AIMIM
78, Sophia Naziyabano Abdul Jabbar -NCP
66, Meher Mohsin Haider -Congress
64, Shaheda Harron Rashid Khan-Shiv Sena
62, Changez Multani -Independent
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena on Thursday finished neck-to-neck and were engaged in a tussle on Thursday to control India’s richest and biggest civic body, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation. While the Shiv Sena emerged on the top with 84 seats, the BJP was a close second at 82, and claiming the support of at least four independents, announced it would stake claim to the key post of Mayor. Congress remained at the third spot with 31 seats to its kitty.
Any party or combine requires 114 corporators for a simple majority in the 227-member BMC house.
“The BJP core committee will meet and take a decision. We shall respect the verdict of the people,” Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Thursday evening. He thanked the electorate, saying they have “reposed complete in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies of development for all”.
While Shiv Sena activists started early celebrations as it appeared set to retain control of the BMC, but by late evening, the BJP surpassed all expectations and became an equal contender for the post of mayor.
BJP Mumbai President Ashish Shelar said the party was in a position to claim the mayor’s post.
But Sena President Uddhav Thackeray did not agree and said that “the Mayor will be from Shiv Sena”, which emerged the single largest party.
(With Agency Inputs)