{
  "id": 13477204,
  "title": "Bhiwandi: Secrecy Over 9 Nominated Corporator Posts Sparks Row; RTI Seeks Applicant List, Eligibility Records",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/bhiwandi-secrecy-over-9-nominated-corporator-posts-sparks-row-rti",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T16:59:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bhiwandi-secrecy-over-9-nominated-corporator-posts-sparks-row-rti-seeks-applicant-list-eligibility-records"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A controversy has erupted in Bhiwandi over the secrecy surrounding the selection of nine nominated corporators for the Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNCMC). Despite the deadline for applications passing on September 28, the civic administration has not released the complete list of applicants or disclosed details of their eligibility scrutiny. This has led to an RTI application seeking official records related to the nominations, with senior Congress leader Mohammed Tariq Farooqui demanding transparency in the process. The absence of an officially published consolidated list has made it difficult to verify the applicants' details and the status of their nominations, raising questions about the civic administration's handling of the selection process.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}