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Caste a bar: Saffron combine loses edge

The committee has so far disqualified six councillors from the alliance, including two Sena councillors Vishwanath Mhadeshwar and Subhash Kanse Sawant.

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The Sena-led alliance in the BMC faces a new nemesis in the divisional caste verification committee. The committee has so far disqualified six councillors from the alliance, including two Sena councillors Vishwanath Mhadeshwar and Subhash Kanse Sawant, who got notified on Tuesday.

Three other Sena councillors namely Pravin Devhare, Rashmi Paudkar, Manmohan Chonkar have also been red-listed for submitting dubious caste certificates. Independent corporator Narayan Pawar, another member of the ruling alliance was also disqualified.

Crying foul over the large number of members to be disqualified, Mhadeshwar said, “The committee is working under government pressure. I am an OBC and my caste certificate mentions it. But the committee refuses to recognise it. The committee appears intent on bringing discomfort to the Sena alliance.”

He planned to challenge the decision in the High Court. All the others, except Pawar, have either procured a stay or will move the court. On May 27, the court refused to grant Pawar a stay.

Disqualification of the six corporators will bring down the ruling alliance’s strength to 112 from 119, as  Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar was murdered. The 227-member House requires a simple majority of 114. Civic officials claimed there was no immediate threat to the government, as the numbers required for the majority go down with the number of reduced seats.

The disqualification sword is also hanging on NCP corporator Haroon Khan and Sheikh Mohammed Hussain . Meanwhile, 17 corporators were yet to submit their caste certificates. The last date for submitting the forms is June 1.

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