Drama of the mayor election

Drama of the mayor election

It was no sleep and no Bangda (fish) for the Sena Corporators on Monday night a day before the election where the Sena Mayoral candidate Shraddha Jadhav was elected for the post. According to a sainik behind the organization of this special night-out meant for the corporators at a hotel in the South of the city, every corporator was advised not to eat Bangda fish, as it is known for creating stomach problems.

We didnt wanted to take any risk, Bangda Fry (Fried Mackerels) is a specialty and during this time its a hit among the fish eaters. But the fish many a time upsets the stomach and we wanted our all the corporators to be present during the election, said the sainik.

The Sena wanted to show its strength and even dragged Ajit Pandit corporator from Matunga (Ward number-183 Ruparel College) to the BMC from the hospital on a stretcher so that the number doesnt decrease. According to sainiks Pandit is suffering from various diseases, which made him immobile.

We had to bring in Pandit, because it was the question of Sena. He realized that his presence was needed and he came,s aid Neelam Gorhe, Sena Spokesperson.

Most of the corporators were seen rubbing their eyes while sitting in the house while the voting was on for the mayor and the deputy mayor post. The reason they hadnt slept for the last few days and Monday night the Sainiks were asked not to sleep. Even on the night that was curicial for our party how could we sleep, we were awake for the party, said a corporator.

Even in the congress, corporators came facing all the odds. Geeta Kanojia a corporator from Colaba attended the election. Kanojia lost her son in law in the morning and left for the last rites immediately after the election.

Box: Chayya Bhanji the Sena corporator from Versova who had gone missing on Monday resurfaced on Tuesday morning. Everyone had a question for her, where were you on Monday? To which she replied, I went for a wedding of a relative in Versov