Ravi Naik’s sons file nominations for Ponda civic polls

| TNN | Apr 18, 2023, 08:16 IST

A total of 32 candidates, including both sons of Agriculture mini... Read More

PONDA: A total of 32 candidates, including both sons of Agriculture minister and Ponda BJP MLA Ravi Naik, filed their nominations on Monday for the election to the Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) scheduled for May 5.

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The total nominations for the 15 wards is now 41.

The Ponda MLA’s sons Roy and Ritesh filed their nominations from ward no. 1 and ward no. 5 respectively. Ritesh is the outgoing chairperson of the Ponda municipality.

Returning officer, Ponda deputy collector Raghuraj Faldesai, said 32 candidates filed 36 nominations on Monday. The filing of nominations commenced on April 11.

Many former and sitting councillors are bringing in their wives and kin in the fray.

This time in Ponda, 8,152 males and 8,153 females will cast their votes in the municipal elections.

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Proud Indian

629 days ago

This type of election are just waste of money and time of the government mostly making money and costing the exchequer and honest income tax payer. If you see all sitting MLA sons and wife’s and relatives in fray shows family business were common man cant stand if stands also cant gain because of the power.

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