Now, RPI (Athawale) to field 12 candidates in NMMC election

The Republican Party of India (Athawale) will field 12 candidates in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation election, likely to take place in April 2021. The deputy mayor of Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) Bhai Jagdish Gaikwad from RPI (A) informed the media on Saturday. In the past, the party did not manage to win even a single seat.

While interacting with the media, Gaikwad said that they will field educated candidates in the NMMC election and they are sure that their candidates will represent the civic body. “We want that there should be a presence of the party at NMMC,” said Gaikwad. He added that they have decided to field candidates in 12 seats. However, he did not say how the party will manage seats with the BJP as both are in alliance at state and centre.

Gaikwad said that there is not a single statue of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar in the NMMC area. “The first priority will be to install a statue in the city,” he said.

The party will also replicate Chandigarh model of parking in the city. “Apart from the development of slums and we will also solve the parking issue of the city,” said Gaikwad. Earlier, the Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) had announced to field their candidates in the civic election.