The announcement was made by Mayor Ritu Tawde, who presided over the special meeting convened to elect the head of the key statutory committee. The poll follows the recently concluded BMC Elections 2026. In a special meeting held on February 16, a total of 26 corporators were nominated to the Standing Committee

Prabhakar Shinde filed his nomination for the Standing Committee chairperson’s post, while Rajeshri Shirwadkar submitted her nomination for the Education Committee. Sandhya Doshi filed her papers for the Improvement Committee chairperson’s post with Municipal Secretary Manjiri Deshpande