Archive · 7 Sep 2026
Ganesh Festival Planning Falters After Chaotic Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Meeting
A meeting was held to help organize the Ganesh festival in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
The meeting was meant to coordinate about 900 Ganesh mandals, political leaders, citizens, and officials.
It started two hours late.
Many important political leaders did not attend.
Some people were upset because their names were missing from the invitation card.
The meeting ended after only 12 to 14 people had spoken.
Important festival concerns were not discussed.
These included roads, safety, electricity, cleanliness, food checks, and water for immersion wells.
A peace committee meeting for approximately 900 Ganesh mandals was delayed by two hours and ended amid arguments and political controversy.
MPs, MLAs, the mayor, and more than 100 corporators reportedly skipped the meeting for the first time in 25 years.
The Ganesh Mahasangh objected after several people were omitted from the invitation card.
Guardian Minister Sanjay Shirsat ended the meeting after hearing from only 12 to 14 participants because of another engagement.
Concerns over immersion-route potholes, law and order, electricity, cleanliness, food inspections, and water supply remained unresolved.
- Who
- The peace committee, approximately 900 Ganesh mandals, political representatives, civic officials, and Guardian Minister Sanjay Shirsat were involved.
- What
- A coordination meeting for Ganesh festival preparations became contentious and ended without resolving key planning issues.
- When
- Sunday; the meeting was scheduled for 10 a.m. but began two hours late.
- Where
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, within the city and police commissionerate limits.
- Why
- The meeting was intended to coordinate festival arrangements, but an invitation dispute, political absences, arguments, and limited discussion disrupted it.
- Ganesh mandals covered
- Approximately 900
- Meeting delay
- Two hours
- Political absence
- MPs, MLAs, the mayor, and more than 100 corporators reportedly did not attend.
- Ganesh Mahasangh legacy
- 103 years
- Participants heard
- Approximately 12 to 14 people
- Unresolved concerns
- Immersion-route potholes, law and order, electricity, cleanliness, food inspections, and water supply
- Key official present
- Guardian Minister Sanjay Shirsat