Amid internal conflict within the Congress in Chandrapur, the party’s central leadership stepped in to mediate the selection of the mayor for the Chandrapur Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra. The decision grants Congress’s MP Pratibha Dhanorkar the authority to finalize the mayor, while the deputy mayor role will be assigned to Vijay Wadettiwar’s group of corporators. Another group supporting Congress will secure the standing committee chairperson position.
The resolution was confirmed by Congress sources after a meeting. The Dhanorkar group will hold the Mayor position, the Wadettiwar group will have the Deputy Mayor role, and the House Leader position in the Municipal Corporation will be filled by the Wadettiwar group. Additionally, the party providing support to Congress will receive the Chairperson position of the Standing Committee.
In the 66-member Chandrapur Municipal Corporation, Congress emerged as the largest party with 27 seats, supported by three members of its ally, the Bharatiya Shetkari Kamgar Paksh (BSKP). To secure a majority, Congress needs four more corporators. The responsibility of garnering these additional corporators falls on Pratibha Dhanorkar.
For the past two weeks, the Dhanorkar and Wadettiwar groups had been at odds over the mayoral post, with Dhanorkar’s corporators registering independently. Despite efforts by Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal to reconcile the factions, the central leadership had to intervene due to ongoing infighting.
