PERNEM
All 49 nominations filed for the Pernem Municipal Council (PMC) polls have been considered valid.
Of the 10 wards, Ward 3 has received the most nominations (9), while Ward 4 has the least number of nominations (2).
The final number of candidates in the fray will be clear on Saturday, which is the day allotted to withdraw nominations.
Even though the polls are not being held as on party lines, the BJP has announced its panel of 10 candidates under the leadership of Deputy Chief Minister Babu Ajgaonkar which includes former chairpersons Vasudev Deshprabhu and Usha Nagvekar, former councillors Bappa aka Vishnu Salgaonkar and former deputy chairperson Siddhesh Pednekar.
The candidates in the fray are Manoj Harmalkar, Prakash Kambli, Deepak Mandrekar, Nilesh Mayekar and Suvarna Mayekar (Ward 1), Shweta Kambli, Navnath Mayekar, Arvind Palienkar, Ashwini Palienkar and Vishwanath Tirodkar (Ward 2), Nandini Apule, Ritu Apule, Samiksha Apule, Prarthana Gadekar, Rashmita Gadekar, Aarti Kashalkar, Dia Kashalkar, Rakhi Kashalkar and Sejal Kashalkar (Ward 3), Usha Nagvekar and Rama Nagvekar (Ward 4), Neha Asolkar, Vishakha Gadekar and Sheetal Kalangutkar (Ward 5), Gitanjali Sawal Desai, Savi Sawal Desai, Suchita Sawal Desai and Trupti Sawal Desai (Ward 6), Dr Vasudev Deshprabhu, Vaman Kauthankar, Shraddha Mashelkar, Siddhesh Mashelkar and Shivram Tukoji (Ward 7), Rashesh Bondre, Dr Sainath Chanekar and Madhav Sinai Desai (Ward 7), Chhaya Pednekar, Pratap Pednekar, Rajan Pednekar, Siddhesh Pednekar and Tukaram Tamboskar (Ward 9), Jayesh Palienkar, Nilesh Pednekar, Prabhakar Salgaonkar and Vishnu Salgaonkar (Ward 10).
