BJP looses CM's Sankhali municipal fotress

16 Apr 2021 07:13 PM

In a major embarrassment to the ruling BJP, chairperson of Sakhalim Municipality Yashwant Madkar was voted out in no-confidence motion held on Friday.



 The No-confidence motion was passed by 7-0 votes as 6 BJP backed councillors abstained allegedly after their efforts to stall the no-confidence motion failed.


Surprisingly, all 6 councillors from ruling BJP remained absent during the meeting to elect a new chairperson, all 7 councillors from Dharmesh Saglani backed group were present.


Earlier, High Court had stayed the notice issued by Urban Development Minister to councillor Raya Parsekar.


The court also stayed disqualification of councillor Rajesh Sawal.  

Reporter: Mahesh Govekar | Desk: Sushant Gawas



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