VASCO
As many as 84 nominations were filed for elections to the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) on Saturday, taking the number of nominations to a whopping 155 for the 25 wards.
There was a rush for the second successive day, as many outgoing councillors and aspiring candidates had gathered to file their nominations.
The highest number of nominations (13) was in Ward 17, earlier represented by late Pascoal D’Souza and Ward 10, earlier represented by Dhanpal Swamy. The least number of nominations was in Ward 15, earlier represented by former MMC chairperson Nandadeep Raut.
Other prominent candidates to have filed nominations included outgoing councillors Shridar Mardolkar (Ward 1), former MMC chairperson Shekhar Khadapkar (Ward 2), former councillors Archana Kochrekar (Ward 4), outgoing councillor Nilesh Navelkar (Ward 5), former MMC chairperson Nitin Chopdekar (Ward 7), outgoing councillor Rochana Borker (Ward 13), outgoing councillor Lavina Dsouza (Ward 14), ex-councillor Manesh Arolkar (Ward 16), ex-councillor Nenny D’Souza (Ward 17), outgoing councillor Yatin Kamurlekar and former councillor Aravind Shinde (Ward 20), outgoing councillor Rajan Faldesai (Ward 22) and outgoing councillor Bhavana Bhosle (Ward 23).
Incidentally, former MMC chairperson and outgoing Ward 11 councillor Saifullah Khan filed his nomination in three wards, two of which have been reserved for women.
Khan filed his nomination in Ward 11 (reserved for OBC women), Ward 17 (reserved for women) and Ward 12 (general).
