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Friday, July 27, 2018, 11:14 AM   |   e-paper BJP factions vie for PCMC mayor, dy mayor’s posts Camil Parkhe Thursday, 26 July 2018 The elections to the vacant posts will be held as per the schedule to be announced by the divisional commissioner Pimpri:  A keenly contested tussle has begun between supporters of the ruling BJP MLAs Mahesh Landge and Laxman Jagtap, following resignations by Pimpri Chinchwad Mayor Nitin Kalje and Deputy Mayor Shailaja More here on Tuesday. The strong contenders for the mayor’s post are Shatrughna Kate, a Jagtap supporter, and Rahul Jadhav, a Landge supporter. Both the MLAs are expected to lobby strongly for the election of their own supporters. The BJP State high command will finalise names of the candidates for the vacant posts at a meeting to be held in Mumbai on Friday. Outgoing mayor Kalje belongs to MLA Landge gro...

Don’t just seek votes, also accommodate minorities in State ministry CAMIL PARKHE |  Monday, 16 January 2017 AT 09:18 AM IST            goo.gl/m8aYwH blog ,  BJP ,  chief minister ,  Devendra Fadnavis ,  Azam Pansare ,  PCMC ,  civic polls ,  vote ,  municipal corporation election ,  Camil Parkhe ,  Sakal Times            With the induction of Azam Pansare, Pimpri Chinchwad’s former mayor and Nationalist Congress Party’s local Muslim veteran, the Bharatiya Janata Party has received a big boost as it prepares to face the mini elections in the State next month. With the welcoming of Pansare into the party, the ruling party at the Centre and State, the BJP has clearly indicated its intension to shed off its ‘saffron’ tag in order to woo the minority votes. In Pansare, the BJP has got its much-needed Muslim face in the State. Pansare, a strong supporter of NCP ...