Who will have the last laugh?

Political parties announce their candidatates list for PCMC polls to be held this week.

The battle to get political parties’ tickets amongst aspiring candidates for Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) polls which are scheduled to be held this week, came to end as parties announced their candidates’ list finally. Along with PCMC, the Election Department, which completed nomination procedure of candidates, has released the list and symbols of the candidates.
Cityplus initiated to help readers recognize their contesting candidates of Wakad, Pimple-Nilakh and Pimple Saudagar. Though the candidates haven’t received parties’ tickets and those contesting on parties’ tickets, which stood for 32 candidates in all, are in the race from these wards.
The list stated that Prabhagh 53-A, Wakad, which is reserved seat for OBC (Other Backward Class) candidates has higher number of independent candidates, which is eight against the three contesting candidates who got tickets from party. The candidates contesting on party tickets are Vinay Ramesh Gaikwad, NCP, Vijay N Waghmare, BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) and Pradip Kashinath Bhingare, Congress (I). The remaining ones are independent.
The Prabhagh 53-B, which is open seat for women, has only four contesting candidates in fray. Here also Kamal T Kalate and Nanda D Kaspare are contesting independently. This leaves one each from Shiv Sena and NCP.
The other Prabhag 54, Pimple-Nilakh has nine candidates, which includes four independent and five of different parties contesting for two seats. Gaikwad Suresh Ananta and Kamthe Tushar Gajanan are contesting independently here in Prabhagh 54-A.
Prabhagh 54-B has four contesting candidates. Candidates contesting on parties’ tickets from the ward are Chaundhe Arti Suresh, Congress and Sima Shirish Sathe, NCP. Balwadkar Vaishali Prakash and Vandana Shrikant Sathe are also contesting independently.
Prabhagh 55, Rahatin-Pimple, which has more number of voters than that of in Wakad and Pimple-Nilakh has eight candidates contesting for two seats. There are three candidates contesting on OBC seat here. The other five are in race for open women seat. They have started political campaigns to attract the voters in their favour.

Vote right candidates only!
This Municipality Elections, local politicians are attempting to come closer to the voters. They are organising festivals, celebrating silver jubilee of senior citizens and arranging for parties for women to attract them and cast votes in their favour. However, political approach does not end here. They will have to go beyond all this.
They haven’t shown such kindness to citizens in the past and suddenly, there is concern for the voters.
Voters should take note from their deeds. Voters should cast their votes in favour of those who know the wards well and contribute to the needy whenever they require help.
Suraj Prakash Vijan, resident of Shubhashree Woods Housing Society, Pimple Saudagar



--RAMESH KUMAR