Thackeray Sena faction to widen KDMC protest to 10 city sites over pending nominated councillors

The selection of nominated councillors in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) remains unresolved. With the decision pending, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faction has taken a tough stand. The faction has decided to widen the protest being held at the entrance of the KDMC headquarters.

According to the Thackeray faction, protests will be held at ten major places in the city. It will also approach the High Court on the issue of choosing nominated councillors. The faction's leader Umesh Borgaonkar gave this information.

The Thackeray faction has been pressing continuously for the election of nominated councillors. On this demand, a protest is being held every day at the KDMC headquarters entrance, with dhol-tasha drums being played. The faction alleges that the civic administration is not taking the protest seriously.

Meanwhile, the KDMC commissioner has sent a letter to Borgaonkar and the party's whip, Sankesh Bhoir. The letter is said to assure them that a meeting on the election of nominated councillors will be held soon. However, the date and time of the meeting have not yet been fixed or communicated.

The Thackeray faction has expressed displeasure at the administration's attitude for this reason. It alleges that the issue is being kept hanging with mere assurances, and it has decided to intensify the protest on that ground.

So far the protest has been confined to the KDMC headquarters. The Thackeray faction is preparing to take it across the city. If the matter reaches the High Court, it will go to the level of the court.

Questions are being raised about when the decision on electing nominated councillors will finally be taken, when the meeting the commissioner has promised will be held, and how much attention the administration will pay to the faction's protest. The faction's tough stand is likely to heat up politics in the KDMC. Residents of Kalyan-Dombivli are watching what stand the civic administration and the commissioner take.