Pimpri-Chinchwad Notes: PCMC panels may change

State Election Commissioner Neela Satyanarayan created a stir in Pimpri-Chinchwad after she hinted at boundaries of the two-member civic panels being redrawn and even reservations changed if objections raised over them are found true.

PCMC panels may change

State Election Commissioner Neela Satyanarayan created a stir in Pimpri-Chinchwad after she hinted at boundaries of the two-member civic panels (earlier wards) being redrawn and even reservations changed if objections raised over them are found true. On Friday,she asked Municipal Commissioner Asheesh Sharma to go on a fact-finding mission and submit the report to the Election Commission. After we receive the report,we will take necessary action, she said. The EC also clarified that the February civic elections would be held as per the 2001 census as figures of caste census were not available. The panel boundaries and reservations in Pimpri-Chinchwad were declared in August. After that,PCMC received 249 objections,Shiv Sena and the BJP being in the fore front of filing objections. Sena leader Sarang Kamthekar had alleged that NCP had a hand in redrawing boundaries to suit its political future.

18 on Jan 1? Can vote

Those who complete 18 years of age on January 1,2012 will get a chance to vote in the February 2012 civic elections. This was announced by the Election Commissioner in Pimpri-Chinchwad last week. Election Commissioner Neela Satyanarayan said the EC had embarked on a mission to ensure maximum voters exercise their franchise. The Election Commissioner will declare the voter list on January 5. She said polling booths will be set up at housing societies and even shopping malls.

NCP leaders rally round Shitole

Beleagured NCP corporator Prashant Shitole,an accused in a murder case in Sangvi,has found support from party leaders who are vouching for his innocence. After being on the run for 12 days,Shitole surrendered at the police station. First he was remanded in five-day police custody and on Thursday in judicial custody for 14 days. Party leaders including MLA Laxman Jagtap were present when Shitole surrendered. Party leaders maintain that Shitole is innocent and the case was politically motivated. At a function recently,Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had said Shitole was a former standing committee chairman and would not be involved in such an act.

Compiled by Manoj More

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