Fed up of being pushed around by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Baba Jani Durrani, 13 corporators of the party have tendered their resignations from the Parbhani Municipal Corporation. The corporators have accused Durrani of acting independently by filing a nomination for a rank outsider to fill the vacancy caused by the death of corporator Vishnu Navale. This is considered a setback to the NCP, as Lok Sabha election is round the corner. There were 18 NCP corporators in Parbhani municipal corporation, of which only five remain.
After the death of Navale, an NCP corporator, the party leadership had decided to give the seat to his wife. However, Durrani, on his own, decided to bring in a rank outsider, Atiq Inamdar, which angered the corporators. Thirteen of them handed over their resignations to the city collector, Swaraj Parihar. Durrani is accused of interfering in the affairs of city even though he was the rural district collector.
Corporators have questioned the leadership for allowing Durrani to have a free hand in running the party and taking decisions. Moreover, they said, Durrani takes decisions without consulting the other party corporators. They have asked the Parbhani civic chief to cancel the nomination of Inamdar. The corporators are likely to approach NCP leader Ajit Pawar to resolve the crisis.