From the Nationalist congress Party Two memebrs of party has elected
in todays Rajya sabh election held Mr.Datta Mhege a former Miniser of
Maharstra and Mr.Mukesh Patel former rajya sabha member
We congrtulate them on thier sucsess
Baban rao Pachpute , Mr. Madhukar kamble, shivaji rao Garje,
Guru nath Kulkarni, Najmudin Bookwala ,Ravi Bhosle , Anand Musle,
Shilpa.Rele, S.Subramani, Maqbool Alam khan,,Trilokya Saheb, Mr.Sagle
Saheb,And dinesh Panchal
Memebers of Nationalist congress Party
congretulate newly elected MLC in Maharastra Goverment <br>1.
Mr. Gurunath Kulkarni Known as Gurji <br>2. Ms Fajia
Khan Principal in Nanded <br>3. Mr. Vasant
Chavan<br>4. Mr.Jitendra ahwad <br>5. Mr. Shevale President
Poona Jillah NCP<br>6. Mr. Jogendra Kawade
<br><br>Babanrao Pachpute<br>Najmudin Bookwala <br>Maqbool ALam
Khan <br>S.Subramani<br>Mr.Shivajirao
Garje<br>Mr.Anand Musle<br>Mr.Ravi Bhosle<br>Hanif Sayyed
<br>Vandana secreatery of Mahaastra Mahila NCP<br>Ms.Shilpa
Rele <br>Mr. Trilokya Saheb <br>and staff of
Maharastra Rastrawadi Pradesh of NCP
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Mr.Akhater husain Rizivi wellknown educatioanist
and social worker M.P. from Rajya Sabha Joined
Nationalist Congress Party <br><br>We Congretulate to him on
joining of<br><br>Nationalist congress Party<br><br>Shri
Baban Rao Pachpute<br>R.T.Kadam<br>Chandrakant
Tripathi<br>Najmudin Bookwala<br>Advocate Sayyed Jalaudin<br>Hanif
Sayyed<br>Gaffar ummer Sayed<br>Ravindra Bhosle<br>Nasir
Pathan<br>Shilpa Rele<br>Active members & Primery Members of
Bandra Taluka <br>S.Subramani<br>Sohil
Lokhandwala<br>Shri Bashir Patel M.L.A.<br>And <br>Shri Nawab Malik
M.L.A. ( State Minister of housing Goverement of
Maharastra )
Swati Kulkarni in Mumbai <br><br>The first
birthday bash of the Nationalist Congress Party proved to
be a non-starter for the party and its President
Sharad Pawar. Contrary to expectations, the party has
struck roots only in Maharashtra and in Meghalaya. Its
nationalist aspirations have been limited to isolated pockets
of the country. <br><br>On June 10, 1999, Pawar,
after expulsion from the Congress, formed the NCP, amid
fanfare in Mumbai. Since then it has faced Assembly and
Lok Sabha elections without much success. In the Lok
Sabha elections, it won six seats. In the Maharashtra
Assembly it has 58 legislators, while it has got some
representation in Meghalaya, largely due to the stature of party
co-founder P A Sangma. <br><br>What was started as an
attempt to create a distinct identity and a platform for
disgruntled Congressmen lost its uniqueness, following a
series of compromises, beginning in Maharashtra. It
aligned with its sworn enemy - the Congress - to stake
claim to form an alliance government. While in
Meghalaya, the NCP chose the Bharatiya Janata Party's help
in forming a government. <br><br>When the party
neared its first anniversary, it had to conjure up
something spectacular at its convention at the Talkatora
stadium, New Delhi. Contrary to hype, no Congress
stalwarts joined the party. Moreover, Pawar trained his
guns mainly at the National Democratic Alliance
government led by Prime Minister A B Vajpayee.
<br><br>Critics argue that this may be an indication that the NCP
has a stunted growth. The low turnout at the first
birthday bash unnerved the leadership. <br><br>NCP
Maharashtra General Secretary Gurunath Kulkarni denied a low
turnout. ``We were expecting around three to four thousand
people. But by the time Pawar rose to speak, people were
seen standing in the alleys of the stadium. We had
representations from the north-east, south, north and almost
every state unit had sent a representation,'' claimed
Kulkarni. <br><br>However, a senior founder member of the
NCP said, ''The party could hardly expect people from
the north and other parts of the country at the
meeting. The party has hardly any representation outside
Maharashtra. A party, which has grown on the theory of mergers
and acquisitions, cannot hope to have real grassroots
representation''. <br><br>Even the recent merger of the Sharad
Joshi's Shetkari Sanghatana with the NCP had to be put
off largely because the sanghatana's cadre refused to
see reason with their leaders' decision to merge with
a 'Maharashtrawadi Rashtrawadi' party, limited to
the state. The cadre instead favoured joining forces
with the NDA.
Idd Mubarak to all Muslim communitee all over the
world from <br>Nationalist congress Party <br>shri
Sharad chandra Pawar <br>President all India Nationalist
congress Party <br>Najmudin Bookwala <br>Sudhakar
Wadde<br>Ravi Bhosle<br>R.T.Kadam <br>Jasubhai Patel <br>Shilpa
Rele<br>Dilip Mane <br>Gaurishankar Pandey<br>Ramesh
Dubey<br>Dr.Ismail qureshi<br>Kedarnath Rai <br>Abbas
Contractore<br>Munaf Hakim<br>Nasir Pathan <br>Gaffar Ummer Sayyed
<br>Hanif Sayyed<br>hemant Mandlik<br>Manohar Kokate
<br>Mohan Desai <br>Namshing bhosle <br>Sammer Bhujbal
<br>Sandesh Tarkar<br>suresh Kandagre <br>Shivaji Rao
Nalkavde<br>Mubarak Khan <br>Sunita shinde<br>Javed Khan
<br>S.subraMANI<br>Harish Sanas<br>Sachin Aher <br>Nawab
Malik<br>Shivajirao Garje<br>Gurunath Kulkarni
December 12, 2001<br>Hon Shri Pawarsaheb,<br>I
wish you many returns of the day on your 61st
birthday. I pray to the <br>god <br>on this occasion to
fulfill all your aspiration and dream of a <br>prosperous
<br>India. May god bless you.<br><br>May you celebrate such
birthdays in many more years to come and provide
<br>direction to the people of India under your able
leadership.<br><br><br><br> <br> Regards,<br><br><br>Upendra P Doshi.
Congress 32 <br>Shiv Sena 25 <br>Nationalist
Congress Party NCP 24 <br>BJP 14 <br>Setkari Kamgar
Paksh- 3 <br>Bhartiya Bahujan Party 1 <br>Agadhi 37 <br>Indipendent
- 13 <br>Total as on now <br>Dated 6th Dec 2001
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Congress 32 <br>Shiv Sena 25 <br>Nationalist
Congress Party NCP 24 <br>BJP 14 <br>Setkari Kamgar
Paksh- 3 <br>Bhartiya Bahujan Party 1 <br>Agadhi 37 <br>Indipendent
- 13 <br>Total as on now 149<br>Dated 6th Dec 2001
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In a rare event setting political grapevines
abuzz, rivals Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar and Mulayam
Singh Yadav Monday night participated in a dinner
hosted by CPI(M) leader Somnath Chaterjee in New Delhi
to bring about effective floor coordination in the
current session of Parliament. <br><br>Political veterans
Like Lok Morcha chairman Jyoti Basu, former Prime
Minister Chandra Shekhar, Deputy Leader of opposition in
Lok Sabha Shivraj Patil, RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad
Singh, CPI leader Ajay Chakraborty were also present at
the dinner which decided to corner the government on
issues like POTO, Ayodhya, Venkataswami Commission,
saffronisation of education, economic situation, farmers issue
and like wise. This is the first time that rival
leaders like Congress President Sonia Gandhi, NCP Chief
Pawar and SP chief Yadav assembled at the same place.
<br><br>The gathering was in sharp contrast to attempts made
by Gandhi to coordinate floor strategy with
opposition parties during the last session which floundered
with SP, CPI(M) and other left parties choosing to
ignore her initiative at that time. <br><br>Conspicuous
by its absence in the dinner last night, however,
was AIADMK, which has taken an ambivalent stand
towards the opposition.<br>- Dated :11/27/2001
Name Dr. Patangrao Shripatrao Kadam <br>Age 51
Years <br>Educational Qualifications M.A., LL,B., Ph.d.
(Thesis on "Administrative Problems of Educational
Management in the 80*s)" <br>Designation Minister of
Industries, Trade and Commerce, Govt. of Maharashtra.
<br>Residence : 'Sinhagad', Navkranti Society, Opp. B. M.
College of Commerce, Shivajnagar, PUNE 411005 Tel
:5655188 Fax : 020-5654875 <br> <br><br><br>Position held
: <br><br>(1) Membership : <br><br>(a) The Board of
Directors of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation
for six years.<br><br>(b) The Senate and Executive
Council of the University of Pune for about twelve
years.<br><br>(c) The Executive Council and the Senate of the
University of Bombay.<br><br>(d) Various Committees &
Sub-committees of Maharashtra Legislature. <br><br>(2)
Chancellor's Nominee : On the Senate of the Shivaji
University, Kolhapur.<br><br>(3) President : New Bombay
Sports Association.<br><br>(4) Director: <br><br>(a)
Maharashtra State Co-operative Consumers Federation,
Delhi.<br><br>(b) National Co-operative Consumer's Federation,
Delhi. <br><br>(c) Maharashtra State Co-operative
Marketing Federation.<br><br>(d) All India Council for
Technical Education, New Delhi.<br><br>(e) The Governing
Council of the Karve Institute of Social Sciences,
Pune.<br><br>Present Positions :<br><br><br>(1) Founder : Bharati
Vidyapeeth.<br><br>(2) Chancellor: Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University,
Pune. <br><br>(3) Member : <br><br>a. The Executive
Committee and Managing Council of the Rayat Shikshan
Sanstha, Satara.<br><br>b. Maharashtra State Advisory
Board of Education.<br><br>c. The Steering Committee of
the All India Teacher's Congress. <br><br>d. Gandhi
Education Society, Kundal. <br><br>e. The Governing Council
of the Akhil Bharatiya Maratha Shikshan
Parishad.<br><br>f. Institute of Marketing Management, New Delhi.
<br><br>g. Governing Council of I.M.M. (Pune
Chapter).<br><br>h. Top Management Club (Pune Chapter).<br><br>i.
Green Future Foundation, Pune.<br><br>(4) Hon.
Secretary : Mahatma Gandhi Hospital. Pune. <br><br>(5)
President : <br><br>(a) Mahatma Gandhi Research Centre,
Pune. <br><br>(b) Friends of Soviet Union (Pune
Branch). <br><br>(6) Director : Maharashtra State
Co-operative Council, Bombay.<br><br>(7) Fellow :Deccan
Education Society, Pune.<br><br>(8)
Vice-President:<br><br>(a) Sarvodaya Shikshan Sanstha (an Educational
Institution of Backward Classes).<br><br>(b) Maharashtra
Pradesh Congress Committee.<br><br>(9) Life Member :
<br><br>(a) Swami Vivekanad Shikshan Sanshtha, Kolhapur.
<br><br>(b) Symbiosis (An Educational Institution,
Pune).<br><br>(10) Cabinet Minister for Industries & Water
Conservation, Govt. of Maharashtra. <br><br>Special Field of
Interest : Education,Irrigation, Co-operation, Banking,
Rural Development, Transport, Tourism, Agro Industries,
Youth and Social Welfare. <br><br>Award :<br><br>i)
Awarded 'Lok Shree' by the Institute of Economics
Studies, New Delhi for outstanding contribution to social
and educational development.<br><br>ii) Was given
'Excellence Award in Education' by Institute of Marketing
Management, New Delhi (Pune Chapter).
The three new faces inducted into Mawlong
ministry today were Rasor Rani (UDP), Methrona Marak and A
Sangma (both NCP). The six promoted to cabinet rank were
P T Sawkmie, R A Lyngdoh, R L Tariang, J A Lyngdoh
(all UDP), B K Sangma and Cyprian Sangma (both NCP).
At a joint meeting last night with major alliance
partner United Democratic Party which has 21 MLAs, the
NCP had reposed full faith in the Chief Minister.
Some of the NCP demands conceded by Mawlong included
scrapping of the Meghalaya House deal, shifting of the
General Administration (GAD) Minister Nimarson Momin and
removal of GAD officials. <br><br>Both A H Scott Lyndoh
and Power Minister Martle Mukhim, who also belongs to
UDP and resigned on October 31, alleged corruption
over the Meghalaya House deal. The BJP, which has
three members in the assembly and had withdrawn from
the government, today decided to withdraw support to
Mawlong ministry. The other partner in the ruling
coalition, Peoples Democratic Movement has two legislators.
Meghalaya Chief Minister E K Mawlong on Wednesday
staved off the crisis in his government following a
split in key ally Nationalist Congress Party majority
of whose 15 MLAs remained with the ruling coalition
defying party high command's directive to pull the rug.
<br><br>Mawlong forced the split in NCP by undertaking an
expansion of his one-and-half-year-old ministry and
elevating to cabinet rank two of the 10 ministers of the
state belonging to the ally and giving ministerial
berths to two more of its MLAs. All the 12 NCP ministers
were present at the swearing in ceremony held
today.<br><br>Earlier, NCP state President Robert Kharshing told
reporters in Shillong that the party withdrew support to
Mawlong ministry on the directive of NCP high command.
But a division in NCP came to the surface almost
immediately when Leader of NCP legislature group and Planning
and Development Minister Lotsing Sangma, tipped for
deputy Chief Ministership, said the party continued to
support the government. <br><br>In fact, Lotsing Sangma
told newspersons that he had received instructions
from P A Sangma to continue to support Mawlong.
Kharshing, on the other hand, said NCP MLAs met Governor M M
Jacob and conveyed to him withdrawal of support to
Mawlong-led Meghalaya Parliamentary Forum coalition, which
had strength of 41 in the 60-member state assembly.
Raj Bhavan sources confirmed NCP had submitted a
letter withdrawing support. <br><br>Asked about NCP MLAs
siding with Mawlong, Kharsingh admitted most of them
were not abiding by party high command instruction to
withdraw support. Echoing the view, NCP General Secretary
P A Sangma said, "there appears to be a split in
the NCP legislature wing but not in the party."
<br><br>Kharsingh said NCP withdrew support as Mawlong had not
conceded the demand for the removal of Chief Secretary J P
Singh in connection with the controversial joint
venture with a private builder for construction of
'Meghalaya House', a deal shelved by the Chief Minister
later. <br><br>"We cannot accept Mawlong as he is a
tainted leader after the Meghalaya House deal in
Kolkata," Kharsing said, adding however, NCP would support
the government without Mawlong as Chief Minister.
Kharsing said Lotsing Sangma had defied his order asking
MLAs not to accept any post till the political affairs
subcommittee of the party submitted its report on the
political situation in the state.<br><br>"It is unfortunate
that party MLAs are not listening to the order of the
state party president," Kharshiing said. "Everything
will be clear when Purno Sangma arrives here on
Thursday," Kharshing said. <br><br>Asked whether his party
would support Finance minister A H Scott Lyngdoh of MPF
leader United Democratic Party (UDP) who resigned on
November 13, as the new Chief Minister, Kharsing said
anyone was acceptable to NCP for one year till the next
assembly elections.<br><br>Kharsiing said a meeting would
be held tomorrow at the residence of A H Scott
Lyndoh to discuss a new leader in place of Mawlong to
head the MPF and expressed the hope that all 15 NCP
leaders would attend the meeting.
The state government has decided to dissolve the
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), but this is how it
will affect the common man. <br><br>Will water supply
be affected? No <br>Will development plans of roads,
maintenance of streetlights be affected? No<br>Will garbage
collection be affected? No<br>Will the services of the
municipal hospitals, municipal schools, and cemeteries be
affected? No<br>Will birth registration be affected?
No<br><br>In normal course, the municipal commissioner does
not take any policy decision till the new body is
elected. However, he can take all the decisions that the
House can take if elections are delayed. " The
commissioner will have all the powers of the House in case it
is dissolved. So the dissolving of the BMC will not
have any effect on the corporation's functioning,"
said Additional Commissioner Subodh
Kumar.<br><br>Sources say it will take at least two months for the
state government to actually dissolve the corporation.
According to the Election Commission, the Code of Conduct
will take effect from January 4, 2002, for the
February civic polls. The municipal commissioner will be
the whole and sole authority till the formation of
the new House.<br><br>Retired Joint Commissioner Y C
Pawar said, " Had the decision caused a midterm poll,
the common man would have been affected. There would
have been additional expenditure for elections, which
would have been recovered from the public via taxes.
But considering that elections were already due, I
don't think it will bother the
public."<br><br>According to Ramdas Padhye, Mumbai resident, " The decision
(to dissolve the BMC) is clearly a political one. It
has nothing to do with the common man's problems. The
present situation will not change. (And that includes the
financial mismanagement and negligence towards the people's
problems)."<br><br>Javed Anand, former deputy editor of The Sunday
Observer, said, " Since the dates of the civic poll have
already been declared, I don't think the decision will
affect the people. The Tinaikar committee has found
cases of financial mismanagement in the BMC. They had
to accept the recommendation. If not, what was the
point in appointing the committee?"<br><br>Former
municipal commissioner S S Tinaikar who headed the one-man
panel which probed cases of corruption in the BMC under
the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party regime, has
recommended that the House be dissolved. The state government
has accepted the recommendations and a notice will be
given to the mayor. The corporation will have to answer
within 30 days. <br><br>Only once in the history of the
corporation, on April 1, 1984, when Janata Party was the
ruling party, the House was dissolved. Thereafter, for
405 days, the corporation was functioning without
people's representatives.
Shiv Sena <br>Uddhav Thackeray, Sena leader: We
will meet after Diwali and decide the course of
action. Everyone is now in a festive mood. The boundaries
will be finalised after November 19.<br><br>BJP
<br>Vinod Tawde, city BJP chief: We feel that at least
seven of the sitting corporators should be re-elected.
If the wards of the sitting corporators are
reserved, we will not give tickets to their wives or
sisters. The party will accommodate them in some other
ward. And I feel that the reservations should not
change for 10 to 15 years. Otherwise how will a
candidate know whether he will be able to contest from his
ward or not.<br><br>Deputy Mayor, Arun Dev: It's a
lottery. When we accept a system we should not complain.
<br>Dadar corporator, Babubhai Bhawanji (whose ward has
been reserved for OBCs): Let someone else get a chance
to contest from my ward. I will contest from another
ward.<br><br>Congress <br>The Congress, which has 34 corporators, has
also been affected. Former mayor R R Singh's ward has
been reserved for OBCs, but he is a little lucky as he
is from the Kurmi Chattri, an OBC community. " But I
prefer to contest on an unreserved seat," says Singh.
<br>Similarly, the ward of B K Tiwari in Mulund has been
reserved. But the Congress is yet to assess the
damage.<br><br>Virendra Bakshi, general secretary of the Mumbai Regional
Congress Committee, said, " The lottery system should have
been done as per the government resolution. In some
cases, a cluster of wards have been reserved for women.
We will appeal to the government and get the
changes. Else we shall move the court." <br><br>NCP
<br>Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders R T Kadam, who is a
former mayor, and Baban Kanavje, group leader of the
party, are also in a lurch after their wards were
reserved. Kadam said, " My ward has been reserved for
ladies. But a clear picture will emerge on November 17.
But nothing is wrong in this system. I will contest
on a ticket from an open ward," Kadam
said.<br>Kanavje said, " We had expected this. Anything can happen
in the lottery."<br><br>Samajwadi Party <br>The
Samajwadi Party (SP), which has 26 corporators, may not be
able to send three key corporators back to the BMC.
Yusuf Abrahani's ward is reserved for ladies. Abdul
Hannan and Mohsin Haider's wards have also met with the
same fate.<br><br>Abu Asim Azmi, Mumbai SP chief,
said, " We will have to find some way. Our corporators
can contest from other wards. Anyway, some of the
corporators were to be dropped for not performing
properly."<br><br>Unlike the Sena which gave tickets to wives of
corporators, Azmi says that the SP will not do this because "
most Muslim women do not understand
politics."<br><br>Yogesh@...<br>Deepaklokhande@...
By: Yogesh Naik and Deepak Lokhande<br> November
15,2001 <br> <br>The mayor of Mumbai, Shiv Sena's
Hareshwar Patil and the deputy mayor, Arun Dev of the
Bharatiya Janata Party, are among the few who will not be
able to contest the civic elections this time after
their wards were reserved for women and Other Backward
Classes (OBCs) respectively.<br>And that's just the top
veteran corporators who are stranded.<br><br>The Election
Commission, which had to effect reservation of wards for
Scheduled Castes, women and OBCs, used the lottery system
this time, leading to many Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) stalwarts not being able to contest from
wards they have been nursing for years.<br>The mayor
had been concentrating on his ward in Dahisar and had
even made a lot of funds available for the campaign.
<br><br>Patil said, " I may not contest elections this time,
but I have not decided. I will consult seniors and
workers from my ward. If I contest from any other ward,
it will be an injustice to the person who is
grooming his ward with the aspiration to contest. In the
last few years, I have worked extensively for the
Dahisar-Borivali area and winning from any of these constituencies
will not be a problem."<br><br>Many corporators
alleged that this was a bad system. " It will be improper
after the lottery of reservations was drawn. I was
present for the lottery and it will not be proper to
protest now," he said.<br><br>Sources in the Sena said
that the party may give tickets to relatives or wives
of corporators whose wards have been reserved.
Leader of the House in the BMC, Digambar Kandarkar, too
has lost his ward, which is now reserved for an OBC
candidate. Kandarkar is a Maratha. " What can we do about
this?" he said. The Shiv Sena had been considering him
for the mayoral post if he won. <br>Former mayor
Nandu Satam's ward at Worli has also been reserved for
women.<br><br>Yogesh@...<br>Deepaklokhande@...
1991 The number of single Member Constituencies
was fixed to 221 (vide Notification under
No.BMC-1091/CR-28/91/UD-20, dated 28th February 1991, published in
Extraordinary Gazette).<br><br>Acworth Leprosy Hospital at
Wadala was taken over by the Brihanmumbai
Mahanagarpalika w.e.f. 1-4-1991 (vide C.R. No. 881 of 27-11-1991)
and named as "Acworth Municipal Hospital for
Lepers".<br> <br>1992 IXth General Election for 221 seats
including 30% seats reserved for women held on 25th
February 1992 and new Corporation came into existence from
7th March 1992. <br><br>Centenary Celebrations of
Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, held on 12th
March 1992.<br><br>Centenary Celebrations of Tansa Dam
held on 29th March 1992 at Tansa.<br><br>Number of
seats on the Standing Committee, the Improvements
Committee, the Education Committee, increased from 20 to 27,
20 to 26, 20 to 26 respectively and that of the
B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (vide Maharashtra
Act No.XXI of 1992).<br><br> <br>1993 Centenary
Celebration of the Corporation Hall and Corporation Head
Office Old Building, on 16th January 1993 and 31st July
1993 respectively. <br>The strength of the Special
Committees appointed by the Corporation under Section 38-A
of the B.M.C. Act, increased from 24 Councillors to
36 Councillors (vide C.R. No.1066 of 17-12-1993).
<br>Bye-Elections for Ward Nos.27,52,60,84,200 and 212 held on 19th
December 1993. <br> <br>1994 In pursuance of the 74th
Amendment to the Constitution of India, the following Vital
amendments to the B.M.C. Act made by Maharashtra Act No.XLI
of 1994:-<br><br>Five Nominated
Councillors.<br><br>Reservation of one-third seats for Women including Scheduled
Castes/Tribes, etc.<br><br>Reservation of twenty-seven percent,
out of total number of seats for the members
belonging to the Backward Class of
citizens.<br><br>Reservation of the Office of the Mayor of all Corporations in
Maharashtra State, by rotation for the members belonging to
the Scheduled Castes/Tribes, Backward Class of
citizens and Women.<br><br>Supervision, direction and
control for the conduct of Municipal election vest in the
State Election Commissioner instead of Municipal
Commissioner. <br><br>Constitution of Wards Committees.<br>
<br>1996 Celebration of Platinum Jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair
Charitable Hospital and Topiwala National Medical College
(from 4th September 1895 to 4th September
1996).<br><br>In accordance with reservation of Office of Mayor
for Backward Class of Citizens, the Mayor appointed
accordingly for the first time.<br><br>Restoration of name
"Mumbai" for ‘Bombay’ (vide Maharashtra Act, No.XXV of
1996).<br> <br>1997 Refixation of number and boundaries of
the Municipal Election Wards. <br>Xth General
Election held on 23rd February 1997 under supervision,
direction and control of State Election Commissioner. New
Corporation came into existence from 10th March 1997. <br>5
Nominated Councillors appointed on 10th March 1997 for the
first time. <br> <br>1998 Introduction of
‘Mayor-In-Council system’ in the Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika with
effect from 19th April 1998, by amending the Mumbai
Municipal Corporation Act. (vide Maharashtra Act No.X of
1998, and no.XIII of 1998). <br>1999 ‘Mayor-In-Council
system’ discontinued with effect from 23rd April
1999<br>by amending the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.
(vide Maharashtra Act No. XXVII of 1999).
Evolution of the Corporation <br>1807 Court of
Petty Sessions—Two Magistrates and a Justice of Peace.
<br>1845 Board of Conservancy – Civic Heptarchy. <br>1858
Board of three Commissioners. <br>1865 Corporate Body
with one Municipal Commissioner and Justices of Peace.
<br>1872 Regular Corporation formed with 64 Members,
Rate(tax) Payers having right of voting (vide Bombay Act
No.III of 1872).<br> <br>1873 First Meeting of the
democratic civic body held on 4th September 1873. <br>1907
The full responsibility of Primary Education was
entrusted to the Corporation. <br>1922 Instead of rate
(tax) payers only, rent payers were also given right of
voting (Vide Bombay Act No.IV).<br> <br>1931 Designation
of ‘President’ was changed to that of ‘Mayor’ (vide
Bombay Act No.XXI).<br> <br>1933 Improvements Trust was
merged with the Corporation on 1st October 1933 (vide
Bombay Act No.XIII of 1933). <br>1947 B.E.S. & T. Co.
Ltd. was municipalised on 7th August 1947. <br>1948
Elections on adult franchise basis were held for the first
time.<br> <br>1950 Suburbs were merged with the Corporation
(vide Bombay Act No. VII of 1950). <br>1952 Hitherto
there was some ex-officio membership (i.e. Police
Commissioner, Chairman, B.P.T., Executive Engineer, Presidency
Division, P.W.D. Govt. Of Bombay etc). All such special
representations were done away with and the Corporation became a
fully elected body. (Vide Bombay Act No. XLVIII of
1952).<br> <br>1957 Extended Suburbs, were merged with the
Corporation (vide Bombay Act No. LVIII of 1956).<br> <br>1963
140 Single member constituencies were introduced.<br>
<br>1968 Elections were, accordingly, held for the first
time (vide Maharashtra Act No. XXXIII of 1966).<br>
<br>1972 Marathi (the State Language) adopted as the
official language of the Corporation (vide C.R. No. 1959
of 30-3-1972).<br> <br>1973 Corporation’s Centenary
Celebrations.<br> <br>1976 Provisions for reservation of seats for
Councillors belonging to Scheduled Castes (vide Maharashtra
Act No.XLII of 1976).<br> <br>1982 Golden Jubilee of
the Mayoral Institution was celebrated on 25th March
1982.<br><br>The number of seats of Councillors increased from 140
to 170 (vide Maharashtra Act No. XXV of 1982).<br>
<br>1983 Golden Jubilee of the Improvements Committee was
celebrated on 7th November 1983.<br><br>The Government of
Maharashtra by its Notification dated the 3rd March 1983,
extended the period for retirement of the Councillors by a
period of one year i.e. upto the noon of the first day
of April 1984.<br><br>Appointment of one or more
persons as Additional Municipal Commissioners (vide
Maharashtra Act No. XLIII of 1983).<br> <br>1984 Appointment
of Administrator (vide Maharashtra Act No.VII of
1984) with effect from 1st April 1984. <br>1985
Appointment of Administrator continued (vide Maharashtra Act
No.III of 1985).<br><br>Elections for 170 seats held on
25th April 1985 and the new Corporation came into
existence from 10th May 1985. <br> <br>1987 Mumbai Fire
Brigade’s Centenary Celebrations. <br>1989 Number of seats
on the Standing Committee, the Improvements
Committee, the Education Committee, increased from 16 to 20
and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 9 to 12
(vide Maharashtra Act No. XXI of 1989).<br><br>Person
completing the age of 18 years on the date notified by the
State Government in that behalf made eligible to enroll
in the Municipal Election Rolls (vide Maharashtra
Act No.XXVIII of 1989).<br><br> <br>1990 A voter
completing the age of 21 years on the last date specified
for making nominations for any General Election or
Bye-Election made eligible to contest the Ward Election (vide
Maharashtra Act No.XII of 1990).<br><br>Reservation of thirty
percent seats for women (including the number of seats
reserved for women belonging to Scheduled Castes), out of
the total number of seats (vide Maharashtra Act No.
XIII of 1990).
Nawab Malik, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and
minister of state for housing and slum redevelopment, on
his decision to join the Nationalist Congress Party
(NCP)<br><br>Are you joining the NCP only for political
gain?<br><br>The NCP is the only party where I can work freely and
express my ideas openly. Though I don’t have any
ideological differences with the SP, the NCP is the only
party which can fight communal forces in the state. It
will allow me to work freely and keep intact my
self-esteem intact. <br><br>You were expelled from the SP for
six years. What went wrong?<br>SP leaders alleged
that I was pressurising a prominent leader to withdraw
a defamation suit against Shiv Sena chief Bal
Thackeray. When I asked them to name this leader, they could
not. There is lot of unrest within the SP. Several
leaders like Husain Dalwai, Bashir Patel and Tushar
Gandhi have left. There are many non-political people
who are making all the decisions, while the
politically savvy worker is being sidelined.<br><br>There are
rumours of further defections from the SP.<br>The SP is
no longer a political force in the state. My leaving
is just the beginning. I’m sure many will
follow.<br><br>Why is there a delay in removing the slums next to
Sahar airport?<br>We have taken up the issue seriously
in light of the growing security concern and, very
soon, the 2,200 families next to the airport will be
shifted to Dindoshi. <br><br>Times News
Network<br>bombaytimes@...
By: A Chalomumbai correspondent<br> <br>October
21,2001 <br><br>Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhgan
Bhujbal today lashed out at the opposition Shiv Sena-BJP
for trying to derive political mileage by organising
Maha Aartis to protest against the 10 pm deadline for
dandiya-ras celebrations.<br><br>Talking to reporters at his
official residence 'Ramtek', he said "the ban on use of
loud speakers after 10 pm was the directive of the
union environment ministry, which was upheld by the
supreme court.<br>The state government was just
implementing the decision. <br><br>''In the backdrop of the
ongoing US-Afghan war, the situation is grave and
security is the utmost concern and the Shiv Sena-BJP is
trying to disturb the peace and harmony of the
society,'' he said.
By: A Chalomumbai correspondent<br>October
21,2001 <br><br>NCP president Sharad Pawar has accused
the BJP-led NDA government of exposing its weakness
by offering all possible help to US against its
fight against terrorism.<br><br>"The centre's
announcement of all help to US after September 11 terrorist
strikes has only exposed its weakness, since America had
not asked for India's assistance", he said while
addressing a rally at Nehrunagar in central Mumbai last
night.<br><br>The rally was organised on the occasion of
Maharashtra minister of state for housing Nawab Malik, who
was expelled from Samajwadi Party recetly, joining
NCP. The September 11 strikes has changed the views of
US on terrorism, which was neglecting India's pleas
for forming a front to combat the menace till
recently, the former Defence Minister said.<br><br>"US has
realised the threat posed by terrorism now, but India has
paid a heavy price in its fight against terrorism",
Pawar said adding that the country lost two Prime
Ministers, one former Army chief and Chief Minister of
Punjab to terrorism.<br><br>NCP would protect the
interests of people of the country, Pawar said assailing
the centre and the main opposition party Congress for
"failing" to deliver their duties
Nawab Malik, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and
minister of state for housing and slum redevelopment, on
his decision to join the Nationalist Congress Party
(NCP)<br><br>Are you joining the NCP only for political
gain?<br><br>The NCP is the only party where I can work freely and
express my ideas openly. Though I don’t have any
ideological differences with the SP, the NCP is the only
party which can fight communal forces in the state. It
will allow me to work freely and keep intact my
self-esteem intact. <br><br>You were expelled from the SP for
six years. What went wrong?<br>SP leaders alleged
that I was pressurising a prominent leader to withdraw
a defamation suit against Shiv Sena chief Bal
Thackeray. When I asked them to name this leader, they could
not. There is lot of unrest within the SP. Several
leaders like Husain Dalwai, Bashir Patel and Tushar
Gandhi have left. There are many non-political people
who are making all the decisions, while the
politically savvy worker is being sidelined.<br><br>There are
rumours of further defections from the SP.<br>The SP is
no longer a political force in the state. My leaving
is just the beginning. I’m sure many will
follow.<br><br>Why is there a delay in removing the slums next to
Sahar airport?<br>We have taken up the issue seriously
in light of the growing security concern and, very
soon, the 2,200 families next to the airport will be
shifted to Dindoshi. <br><br>Times News
Network<br>bombaytimes@...
MUMBAI: Minister of state for housing, Nawab
Malik, expelled from the Samajwadi Party, on Wednesday
joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) along with
his supporters in the presence of deputy chief
minister Chhagan Bhujbal.<br><br>Mr Bhujbal said, ``we
have not lured the Samajwadi Party minister. He was
expelled from the SP and now he has joined our party. No
one can blame us.''<br><br><br>While the NCP inducted
Nawab Malik, the Congress is all set to admit most of
the followers of former minister and NCP veteran
Abhaysinhraje Bhosale from Satara. Mr Bhosale, a direct
descendent of Chhatrapati Shivaji, has also reportedly
decided to join the Congress. However, he will wait for
some time as he does not want to invite the provisions
of the anti-defection act.<br><br><br>His son will
be formally joining the party in Satara on October
20 at a meeting scheduled to be addressed by MPCC
president Govindrao Adik.<br><br><br>Recalling that Bashir
Patel has also left the Samajwadi Party and joined the
NCP, Mr Bhujbal said, ``Mr Patel has been accorded the
status of a minister of state. I do not find any
difficulty in Mr Malik continuing in the DF
cabinet.''<br><br><br>When it was pointed out that Makhram Pawar who was
expelled from the Bharatiya Republican Party had to resign
from the cabinet, Mr Bhujbal said,``That was under
different circumstances.'' Samjwadi Party spokesperson
Majeed Memon reacted saying that Mr Malik should first
resign from the Kurla assembly seat and then fight on
the NCP ticket.<br><br><br>NCP spokesperson Vasant
Chavan said all those who have joined the NCP along with
Mr Malik will be given ``proper position'' in the
party. Mr Chavan said in view of Ramzan, the NCP has
asked the state election commission to postpone the
municipal elections slated for December 2 and hold them
after December 17.
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