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Haji Halim Khan of Shiv Sena wins 2017 Mumbai civic elections

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Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA :

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Mumbai:

Mohammad Halim Khan, a Muslim candidate of Shiv Sena, has won the municipal corporation elections in Mumbai where counting of votes to elect the new body of 227-member Mahanagar Palika is still under way.

Haji Halim Khan won the 2017 BMC elections from Ward No 96.

Shiv Sena and BJP – two right wing Hindu parties are not known for having Muslims as party members.

Meanwhile, the ruling Shiv Sena is set to better its 2012 performance of 75 corporators as counting of votes still continues in Mumbai. According to trends available at 03:30 pm, the Sena which broke its allinace with the BJP and decided to contest the BMC election alonse, is leading in 84 wards.

The BJP is ahead of its rivals in 80 wards. Congress candidates are ahead in 30 wards, whereas the NCP has taken lead in 08 and MNS in 07 wards.

The AIMIM has won in 03 wards so far whereas the Samajwadi Party (SP) has won 04 seats.

These are just trends. Final results are still awaited.

Live Update:
02:30 PM The ruling Shiv Sena is set to better its 2012 performance of 75 corporators as counting of votes still continues in Mumbai. According to trends available at 02: 30 pm, the Sena which broke its allinace with the BJP and decided to contest the BMC election alonse, is leading in 93 wards.

The BJP is ahead of its rivals in 73 wards. Congress candidates are ahead in 22 wards, whereas the NCP has taken lead in 07 and MNS in 07 wards.

The AIMIM has won in 03 wards so far whereas the Samajwadi Party (SP) has won 04 seats.

02:00 PM Rais Shaikh and Akhtar Qureshi of the Samajwadi Party (SP) have won the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections held on February 21, according to the results announced by the State Election Commission today afternoon.

Rais Shaikh, the house leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Member of Standing Committee in the last body, had won the best corporator award.

“Thanks for your faith in me, it’s a privilege to serve you all. Will continue doing it”, Rais Shaikh tweeted after the victory.

Rais Shaikh won the election from Madanpura/Nagpada area in Mumbai Central area. He defaeted his nearest rival by over 4,000 votes.

01:00 PM The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) registered its first victory in the cash-rich Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections after the party candidate Waqarunnisa Ansari defeated her rivals by a comfortable margin.

Waqarunnisa Ansari, a corporator since last twenty years, had joined the AIMIM after she was denied the ticket by the Congress party.

Waqarunnisa Ansari has won the BMC election from Ward No. 223 Umerkhadi.

There are also reports that the AIMIM is also leading on one other seat.

Elsewhere in the city, Ruskhsana Siddiquee and Saira Fahad Azmi, both the candidates of Samajwadi Party (SP) led by Abu Asim Azmi in Maharashtra, have won the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections in their respective wards.

While Rukhsana Siddiquee has won the BMC 2017 election from Ward No. 136, Saira Fahad Azmi defeated her rivals in Ward No 134, according to the results declared by the State Election Commission today afternoon.

Meanwhile, the ruling Shiv Sena has bettered its 2012 performance of 85 seats by leading in 85 wards of Mumbai.

The BJP is leading in 52 wards, the Congress in 18, MNS in 10 and NCP in 03 wards. The AIMIM is yet to open its account in Mumbai, according to trends at 01:00 pm.

12:30 PM Ruskhsana Siddiquee and Saira Fahad Azmi, both the candidates of Samajwadi Party (SP) led by Abu Asim Azmi in Maharashtra, have won the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections in their respective wards.

While Rukhsana Siddiquee has won the BMC 2017 election from Ward No. 136, Saira Fahad Azmi defeated her rivals in Ward No 134, according to the results declared by the State Election Commission today afternoon.

Meanwhile, the ruling Shiv Sena has bettered its 2012 performance of 75 seats by leading in 85 wards of Mumbai.

The BJP is leading in 53 wards, the Congress in 19, MNS in 10 and NCP in 05 wards. The AIMIM is yet to open its account in Mumbai.

11:45 AM The ruling Shiv Sena is heading for a thumping victory in Mumbai. According to trends available at 11: 45 am, the Sena which broke its allinace with the BJP and decided to contest the BMC election alonse, is leading on 72 seats.

The BJP is ahead of its rivals on 40 seatss. Congress’ candidates are ahead on 14 seats, whereas the NCP has taken the lead in 05 and MNS in 08 wards. The AIMIM, SP and others are leaders in 04 wards.

Shiv Sena’s performance in Mumbai poll battle is way better than the party fared in 2012 elections. Shiv Sena had won 75 seats. However, Shiv Sena’s final tally in this round of polls is expected to exceed the previous figures of 75.

11:00 AM The ruling Shiv Sena is heading for a thumoing victory in Mumbai. Aaccording to trends available at 11: 00 am, the Sena which broke its allinace with the BJP and decided to contest the BMC election alonse, is leading in 45 wards.

The BJP is ahead of its rivals in 28 wards. Congress’ candidates are ahead on 07 seats, whereas the NCP has taken the lead in 2. MNS leads in 02 wards. The AIMIM, SP and others are yet to open account.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena workers have gathered in several parts of Mumbai and Thane. The party workers have begun the celebration. As per the early trends, Shiv Sena appears to be making huge leap in the electoral battle.

10:40 AM The Counting of votes in Mumbai to elect the new body of the Mumbai Maha Nagar Palika (BMC) began Thursday morning at around 10:00 am. According to trends available at 10: 40 am, Shiv Sena is leading in 07 wards whereas the BJP is ahead of its rivals in 03 wards.

These are just trends. Final results are still awaited.

10:15 AM The Counting of votes in Mumbai to elect the new body of the Mumbai Maha Nagar Palika (BMC) began Thursday morning at around 10:00 am. The process began with counting of postal votes.

After counting of postal votes are over, the round wise counting of different Municipal wards will begin, election officials said.

Trends and results are expected to start coming by 11:00 am

09:00 AM Counting of votes to elect the new body of 227-member cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is scheduled to begin today i.e. Thursday February 23, 2017 at 10:00 am, an election officer said. India’s commercial hub Mumbai went to polls on Tuesday, recording 55.28 per cent voter turnout – highest in recent years.

Along with Mumbai, 09 other Municipal Corporations also went to the poll on Tuesday. Counting of votes in all these civic bodies including Nashik, Pune, Nagpur, Thane and Akola will start at 10:00 am today, the election officer added.

In Mumbai, the main parties in the fray are the ruling Shiv Sena, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Samajwadi Party (SP) and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).

About 2,275 candidates contested the bitterly fought elections.Over 92 lakh voters exercised their democratic rights.

While overall turnout for the BMC election was nearly 10 percentage points up from the last time, in 52 of the total 227 electoral wards, more than 60% of voters exercised their franchise. That’s nearly two of every three registered voters.

BJP and its bickering ally in the state government Shiv Sena, who could not form an alliance for the civic poll in the megapolis or elsewhere this time, fought keenly, lashing out freely at each other during the bitter campaign.

Surge in voting occurred in two suburban clusters, the stretch comprising Bhandup, Mulund, Vikhroli and Ghatkopar in the eastern suburbs, and the areas comprising Jogeshwari, Dindoshi, Malad, Kandivli, Borivli, Gorai and Dahisar in the west.

Overall, though turnout was high in pure percentage terms, the absolute number of voters rose by less than 5 lakh.This is because the electoral list shrunk due to roll revisions after deletion of names for various reasons.

As per the existing position, Shiv Sena has 75 – maximum number of corporators and ruling the Mumbai Mahanagar Palika in alliance with the BJP which has 31 members.

Congress has a total of 52 members, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has 13 members and others including Abu Asim Azmi led Samajwadi Party (SP) and independents have a total of 28 members.

The AIMIM currently has no member in Mumbai, as the Owaisi led Hyderabad based party is contesting the Mumbai BMC Elections for the first time.

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray are sailing in the same boat over the outcome of the crucial elections to the BMC.

In the event BJP fails to secure a clear majority, Fadnavis will be in trouble though he has declared that the outcome of the polls will not be a referendum on his two-year-old government.

Thackeray has made the election a prestige issue as it is for the first time in the recent past that the Shiv Sena has been challenged in the BMC polls. Sena has directly controlled the BMC since 1997.

Ever since Sena unilaterally terminated the alliance with BJP, Fadnavis embarked on an aggressive campaign against it, saying, it was alone responsible for the corruption and irregularities in BMC. Fadnavis alleged that the Sena was collecting `haftas’ from BMC contractors, and as a result, the quality of work was poor.

He addressed more than 22 election meetings and BJP put up well over 1,000 banners and hoardings across the metropolis, depicting Fadnavis as the posterboy of BJP.

“We have exposed the Sena’s corruption in BMC. We established that the quality of services in Mumbai was poor. BJP expects a clear majo rity. The mandate will be in our favour, we will not require a post-poll alliance,“ Fadnavis had told ToI a week ago.

Uddhav too did not lag behind in his aggressive campaign against BJP, particularly PM Narendra Modi and Fadnavis.

“The CM is presiding over a cabinet of goons,“ he observed.Thackeray and his son Aaditya concentrated on Mumbai to ensure that the Sena does not lose control over BMC.

Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam predicted a hung corporation.

“Congress will improve its performance. After the BMC polls, Sena and BJP will come together,“ Nirupam said. Nirupam said in the event BJP fails to secure a clear majority , it will be a verdict against the CM, since he had personally led the campaign against the Sena.

“The CM will have to accept the verdict and then decide,“ he said.

According to an NCP leader, if Sena secures a clear majority , Thackeray will not hesitate to pull out of the government.

The AIMIM led by Asaduddin Owaisi and Samajwadi Party led by Abu Asim Azmi too are optimistic about the results.

“High voter turnout was in our favour. We are confident of winning at least 15-20 seats in Mumbai”, AIMIM MLA Waris Pathan said.

source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home> Regional / by ummid.com Staff Reporter / February 23rd, 2017

Owaisi’s AIMIM wins 03 seats in Jalgaon Municipal 2018 polls while Cong, NCP draw blank

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Jalgaon Municipal Corporation Election Results Live: 

In a surprising comeback after recent defeats in Nanded Municipal Corporation and other elections, Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won 03 seats in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) 2018 elections results of which were declared today afternoon.

AIMIM’s victory in 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections is significant as the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) have completely wiped off from the Jalgaon civic body while Shiv Sena somehow won just 15 seats.

It was the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Tsunami in Jalgaon which ended more than 40 years dominance of Sureshdada Jain. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) which had just 15 members in the last boday has come out with a spectacular performance by winning 57 of the total 75 seats of Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC).

Besides AIMIM which had fielded Muslims in the areas dominated by Muslims, the BJP had also fielded Muslim candidates in these areas for the 2018 Jalgaon elections. With some of the Muslims winning the 2018 Jalgaon elections on BJP tickets, the number of Muslims in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) is bound to improve.

In the run-up to the Jalgaon Elections, AIMIM MLAs Imtiyaz Jaleel and Waris Pathan had camped in the city while Asaduddin Owaisi addressed rallies in the last leg of campaigning. As usual Asaduddin Owaisi’s election rallies in Jalgaon attracted good crowd which has also converted in votes.

The AIMIM had fielded 06 candidates in Jalgaon. Out of them 03 have won. They are Bagban Riyaz Ahmed Abdul Kareem, Deshmukh Sunnabi Raju and Shaikh Syeda Yusuf.

Live Updates

02:45 pm The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) which had just 15 members in the last boday has come out with a spectacular performance by leading in 57 of the total 75 seats of Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) where counting of votes for the 2018 local body elections is still underway.

The BJP led by Girish Mahajan and Shiv Sena led by Sureshdada Jain have formed a pre-poll alliance for the 2018 Jalgaon elections. Trends at 02:45 pm showed the BJP leading in 57 seats whereas its alliance partner Shiv Sena is ahead in 15 seats. Others are leading in the remaining 03 seats.

Facing a humiliating defeat in the elections, none of the Congres, NCP, SP and Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM candidates are in the race anywhere in the city.

12:00 pm The BJP led by Girish Mahajan and Shiv Sena led by Sureshdada Jain have formed a pre-poll alliance for the 2018 Jalgaon elections. Trends at 12:00 pm showed the BJP leading in 57 seats whereas its alliance partner Shiv Sena is ahead in 14 seats.

11:30 am The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena are heading for a landslide victory in Jalgaon where counting of votes for 2018 Jalgaon Municipal elections is still underway.

The BJP led by Girish Mahajan and Shiv Sena led by Sureshdada Jain have formed a pre-poll alliance for the 2018 Jalgaon elections. Trends at 11:30 am showed the BJP leading in 31 seats whereas its alliance partner Shiv Sena is ahead in 23 seats.

10:45 am The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena are leading in 03 seats each in Jalgaon where counting of votes for the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections is still underway.

10:10 am Counting of votes in Jalgaon where polling to elect new body of the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) was held on Wednesday has started today morning at 10:00 am amid tight security.

Poll officers had earlier said that counting of votes will be done in Jalgaon to count votes in 19 prabhags comprising of 75 members. The process started with counting of Postal Ballots, if any. After this, votes registered in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are being counted.

08:45 am Counting of votes in Jalgaon where polling to elect new body of the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) was held on Wednesday will start today i.e. Friday August 03, 2018 at 10:00 am, State Election Commission officials said.

Poll officers said counting of votes will start in Jalgaon to count votes in 19 prabhags comprising of 75 members. The process will start with counting of Postal Ballots, if any. After this, votes registered in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be counted.

08:00 am Voting ended on Wednesday August 01 in Jalgaon which registered a polling percentage of somewhere near 57 percent, election officials said adding that the actual figure is yet to be calculated.

Polling was held on Wednesday in 19 prabhags of 75-member Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) in North Maharashtra. Last time the city had registered 63 per cent voting, an official said. TheJalgaon Civic Body is currently ruled by Khandesh Vikas Aghadi.

In the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections, Surshdada Jain’s Khandesh Vikas Aghadi has formed an alliance with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Jain is contesting the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal electiosn on Shiv Sena symbol.

The BJP, which is ruling in Maharashtra, is contesting the Jalgaon Maha Nagar Palika elections 2018 under the leadership of Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan instead of Eknath Khadse. Jalgaon is the stronghold of Khadse. But he was asked to resign from the Fadnavis cabinet after allegations of graft. Since then his relationship with the BJP leadership is not in good terms.

Besides, BJP, Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, Assaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is also contesting Jalgaon Municipal Election 2018. AIMIM Cheif Asaduddin Owaisi and party MLAs Imtiyaz Jaleel and Waris Pathan have extensively campaigned for the AIMIM candidadtes. The AIMIM has fielded 06 candidates in mostly Muslim pockets of Jalgaon.

Samajwadi Party (SP) of Abu Asim Azmi which could not win any seat in the last election has again fielded its candidate in the 2018 polls. The SP candidates are contesting in 06 wards of the city.

While Congress and NCP have formed pre-poll alliance, AIMIM and SP are contesting the Jalgaon local body election separately.

According to the State Election Commission, a total of 303 candidates from different parties, including a good number of independents, are contesting the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections. There are 3,65,072 registered voters in Jalgaon.

Khandesh Vikas Aghadi of local stalwart Sureshdada Jain had won 33 seats in the Septmber 2013 elections. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 15 seats, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had won 12 seats and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had won 11 seats. The Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) had also contested the last election. But they could not win any seat.

source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home> India / by Ummid.com News Network / August 03rd, 2018

‘Urdu’s Space In Kalina Not Byculla’

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Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA :

In 2014, the Congress-led government had sanctioned Rs 10 crore for the construction of an Urdu Bhavan at Mumbai University’s Kalina campus to promote the language

The state govt’s proposal to set up a centre for the language outside of the university, where it even has an allocated space, has language lovers crying foul

In 2014, the Congress-led government had sanctioned Rs 10 crore for the construction of an Urdu Bhavan at Mumbai University’s Kalina campus to promote the language. Land was allocated and bhoomi poojan was performed. However, the project never saw the light of day.

Cut to present: The state government has proposed building the Urdu Bhavan in Byculla,. “The bhavan will come up on a 10,000 sqft area near the Agripada police station. And, if we get a larger FSI, we will be able to construct a four-storeyed structure with state-of-the-art facilities. We have asked the Centre to provide us with R50 crore for this,” says advocate Waris Pathan, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) legislator from Byculla, who has been at the forefront of getting approvals for this project. As per the proposal, the bhavan will have a library, convention centre, a girls’ hostel and will offer a range of new courses. “The Urdu readership in Byculla is high so it will see a lot of traction,” says Pathan

‘It’s not a Muslim language’
Yet, the news of the bhavan coming up at Byculla has lovers of the language divided. Members of Jai Ho Foundation, a charity organisation in Kurla, have written a letter to the Union Minority Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, CM Devendra Fadnavis, Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, education minister Vinod Tawde and MU VC Suhas Pednekar, requesting them to reconsider the location. “We want the centre to be built inside the varsity because that will make it more accessible to students. By constructing it in a Byculla bylane, they are propagating the misguided notion that it’s a Muslim language,” says Jai Ho’s president Afroz Malik. Presently, the MU has a bhasha (language) bhavan dedicated to Marathi and Sanskrit.

There have been talks about building a Hindi bhasha bhavan as well. Malik says Kalina is a strategic location which makes it convenient for people commuting from both the suburbs as well as from South Mumbai. Moreover, setting it up in a healthy academic atmosphere will only help promote the language, he adds. “MU has people enrolling from all walks of life. It also has students from overseas. Urdu will get more exposure,” he states.

A matter of space
Meanwhile, the land allocated to the Urdu Bhavan at Kalina remains vacant. This is in stark contrast to the buzzing Urdu department, which has seen a sharp growth in the number of students as well as non-teaching staff. “The increasing curiosity around the language has translated into more people signing up for courses. The MA course sees more enrolments,” Dr Sahab Ali, head of Urdu department, says. Presently, the department has an overall strength of 200 students. While Dr Ali is happy to learn of a bhavan coming up in Byculla, he says it’s not enough. “I would want the centre to be built here because we are running out of space to accommodate students,” he says. The Urdu department at MU was established in 1982.

In 2013, Dr Ali had written to the Department of Minorities Affairs requesting the need for a bhasha bhavan to cater to the growing needs of the language. The request received the green light in 2014. The change in ruling parties resulted in the project languishing for years.

Farid Khan, convenor of Urdu Caravan, an NGO that promotes Urdu language and culture, says he sees merit in NGO Jai Ho’s stand. “I believe a language will thrive in an academic setting.”

source: http://www.mid-day.com / mid-day.com / Home> News> National News / by Anju Maskeri / May13th, 2018