{
  "id": 10534660,
  "title": "BNCMC Nominated Corporator Race Intensifies As 37 Applications Pour In For Nine Posts, Congress Faces 19-Way Contest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/bncmc-nominated-corporator-race-intensifies-as-37-applications-pour",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T20:52:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bncmc-nominated-corporator-race-intensifies-as-37-applications-pour-in-for-nine-posts-congress-faces-19-way-contest"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhiwandi: The intense competition for nine nominated corporator positions in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC) has escalated as 37 applications flood in for just three posts. The Congress party, entitled to three nominations, has received 19 applications, sparking considerable internal rivalry. Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party has submitted two applications for its one post, with state president Abu Asim Azmi issuing a whip in favor of Sarfaraz Shaikh, while local political factions back Bharat Jaglani. The Nationalist Congress Party (SP) has three aspirants vying for a single post, with Garish Mhatre, Sajid Khan, and Maaz Farooqui in the running. The BJP, which has 22 elected corporators, is entitled to two nominations and has selected Ravikant Sawant and Sugandha Tawre. The Shiv Sena (Shinde), with 12 corporators, has chosen Sanjay Kabukar. The Konark Vikas Aghadi, comprising four corporators and an independent, has backed Mayur Patil. The final selection will be decided during a meeting between Municipal Commissioner Anmol Sagar and party group leaders.",
  "summary": "Bhiwandi: The race for nine nominated corporator posts in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC) has intensified, with the nomination process throwing up a sharp contest within several political parties. The biggest tussle is in the Congress, which is entitled to three nominated posts but has received applications from 19 aspirants. The development has heightened lobbying within…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}