Archive · 27 Sep 2026
Bhiwandi Parties Race to Fill Nine Nominated Corporator Posts
Bhiwandi’s city council has nine special seats to fill.
Political parties are deciding who should get those seats.
Many people inside the parties are asking their leaders to choose particular candidates.
The Congress has three seats because it has the most elected corporators.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has two seats, while three other parties have one each.
Some local party members do not fully agree with decisions made by senior leaders.
There are also unconfirmed claims about negotiations between parties.
The final names should be discussed after nominations close on September 28 and announced at a meeting in October.
Nine nominated corporator posts in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation have triggered intense lobbying before the September 28 nomination deadline.
The Congress and Samajwadi Party face particularly strong internal competition, while the Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena are also weighing rival claims.
The Congress, with 30 elected corporators, is entitled to three nominated posts, while the Bharatiya Janata Party is entitled to two.
The Samajwadi Party announced Sarfaraz Shaikh, but some local leaders reportedly prefer other candidates; the party has not officially confirmed claims about alternative nominations.
The final names are expected to be placed before the civic body’s general body meeting in October after discussions among party group leaders.
- Who
- The Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation’s political parties, including the Congress, Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), and Shiv Sena (Shinde).
- What
- Parties are finalising candidates for nine nominated corporator posts amid internal lobbying and competing claims.
- When
- The nomination deadline is Monday, September 28; the final announcement is expected at a general body meeting in October.
- Where
- Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation, Bhiwandi.
- Why
- The parties are seeking to strengthen their presence in the newly constituted civic body.
Party Leadership and Preferred Nominees
Local Units and Rival Aspirants
Samajwadi Party selection
Party Leadership and Preferred Nominees
State president and MLA Abu Asim Azmi issued a whip and announced Sarfaraz Shaikh as the party’s nominee.
Local Units and Rival Aspirants
Some local party members reportedly have reservations, and an unconfirmed claim says the group leader may support Bharatiya Janata Party corporator Bharat Jaglani under the Samajwadi Party quota.
Congress candidates
Party Leadership and Preferred Nominees
Some Congress leaders want active and long-serving party workers to receive the three posts.
Local Units and Rival Aspirants
Candidates with backgrounds in other parties, including former Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ritesh Tawre, are reportedly being discussed, causing concern among sections of the Congress cadre.
Nationalist Congress Party choice
Party Leadership and Preferred Nominees
Bhiwandi MP Suresh Mhatre is reportedly supporting his nephew for the party’s single post.
Local Units and Rival Aspirants
Bhiwandi city president Shoaib Khan Guddu is reportedly backing his brother Sajid Khan, while other names are also under discussion.
- Total nominated posts
- Nine
- Nomination deadline
- Monday, September 28
- Congress entitlement
- Three posts, based on 30 elected corporators
- Bharatiya Janata Party entitlement
- Two posts, based on 22 elected corporators
- Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) entitlement
- One post, based on 12 elected corporators
- Shiv Sena (Shinde) entitlement
- One post, based on 12 elected corporators
- Nominations received so far
- Three, according to Municipal Secretary Ajay Patil