BMC fell flat on its face: Uddhav faction on HC relief for Rutuja Latke

The Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena on Thursday said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC had faced huge embarrassment with the Bombay High Court directing it to accept the resignation of Rutuja LatkeThe court earlier in the day asked the BMC to accept Latkes resignation paving the way for her to contest November 3 byelection to the Andheri East Assembly constituency as the candidate of the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray partyParty leader and former Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said the BMC was an autonomous body and it should not make a joke of itself by working under political pressureI have been saying this since the beginning that the BMC will fall flat on its face she addedAlso read Bombay HC asks BMC to accept resignation of Rutuja LatkeLatke employed as a clerk with the BMC in her petition in the high court had alleged that the corporation was not taking decision on her resignation in order to stop her from filing nomination for the electionThe last date for filing nominations in October 14The byelection became necessary due to the death of Latkes husband and incumbent Sena MLA Ramesh LatkeSushma Andhare another leader of the Thackeray faction said the BMC did the same thing when it denied permission to the party for the Dussehra rally The HC later asked it grant the permissionIf BMC officers are acting like politicians they should take membership of political parties This is not expected from a civic bodyiquest she saidThe entire party will contest the byelection with full strength Andhare addedAnil Parab senior leader of the Uddhav Thackeray faction welcomed the courts order and appealed the rival parties to let Latke win unopposedMaharashtra has a different political cultureIf a member of the legislature dies and his family member wants to contest the byelection it takes place without any contest They the BJP and Eknath Shindeled Sena faction should let this election take place without any contest It will show that the culture of the state is intact the former minister saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever