MUMBAI: With corporator seats for the upcoming BMC polls being rolled back to 227 from 236 and a likely fresh lottery for reservations, many former corporators who would not have been able to contest as their seats had got reserved are hopeful yet again. They are hoping there is no reservation on their seat this time so that they can demand a ticket from the party.
Former BJP corporator Vidyarthi Singh, whose seat in Borivli was reserved for OBCs in the recent lottery, said he was very disappointed then. "The demarcation of 236 corporator wards was done very haphazardly. I found my ward was divided in a way that it would have been difficult for anyone to work on ground as it was spread out unevenly across the area. When it further got reserved for OBCs, I knew I would not be able to contest. However, now there is a chance it could be opened up again and I would be able to contest," said Singh, a four-term corporator.
