Archive · 29 Sep 2026
BNCMC Nominated Corporator Race Draws 37 Applications
Bhiwandi’s city corporation has nine special corporator positions to fill.
People and political groups submitted 37 applications for these positions.
Congress has the largest internal competition, with 19 people seeking three seats.
The Samajwadi Party has two candidates competing for one seat.
Its state leadership supports Sarfaraz Shaikh, while some local supporters are reportedly backing Bharat Jaglani.
The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) has three applicants for one position.
The BJP has proposed two names for its two seats.
Other parties have also selected or proposed candidates.
Municipal officials and party leaders will discuss the final names before the civic body approves them.
Thirty-seven applications have been submitted for nine nominated corporator posts in BNCMC.
Congress has received 19 applications for the three posts allotted to it.
Samajwadi Party has two applicants for one post, with state leadership backing Sarfaraz Shaikh.
NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) has three aspirants for one post, while BJP has forwarded two names.
Final selections will follow talks between the municipal commissioner and party group leaders before general-body approval.
- Who
- Political parties, organisations and aspirants seeking nominated corporator posts in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation.
- What
- Thirty-seven applications have been received for nine nominated corporator positions.
- When
- Applications were filed between September 16 and September 28; the next selection stage will follow.
- Where
- Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation, Bhiwandi.
- Why
- Parties and organisations are seeking representation through the corporation’s nine nominated posts.
Local Competition
Party Leadership Decisions
Congress selection
Local Competition
The large number of local applicants has intensified lobbying for the three Congress posts.
Party Leadership Decisions
Congress leadership is understood to be inclined toward selecting members of its local cadre rather than outsiders.
Samajwadi Party nomination
Local Competition
Some local political discussions reportedly suggest that corporators, including group leader Arib Yaqub Shaikh, support Bharat Jaglani.
Party Leadership Decisions
State president and MLA Abu Asim Azmi is understood to have issued a whip for Sarfaraz Shaikh, who is described by the local party president as the official nominee.
- Total posts
- Nine nominated corporator positions
- Total applications
- 37, including 32 individual nominations and five applications from organisations
- Congress contest
- 19 applicants for three posts
- Samajwadi Party
- Two applicants for one post; Sarfaraz Shaikh is identified as the official nominee by the local party president
- NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar)
- Three aspirants for one post
- BJP
- Ravikant Sawant and Sugandha Tawre have been forwarded for two posts
- Next stage
- Municipal Commissioner Anmol Sagar and party group leaders will discuss selections before general-body approval