Manjusha Nagpure, a corporator from the Sinhagad area and a close associate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), was elected unopposed as the mayor of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday. Alongside her, RPI (A) leader Parshuram Wadekar was elected unopposed as deputy mayor.The mayoral and deputy mayoral races became uncontested after NCP’s Shital Sawant and Congress leader Ashwini Landge withdrew from the mayoral contest.
The moment she took the oath of this important position, she was quick to share this update on her X handle, have a look at the post which she did on the microblogging site as under:
आज महापौर पदग्रहण सोहळा यशस्वीरीत्या पार पडल्यानंतर, पुणे महानगरपालिकेच्या आवारातील प्रेरणास्थान असलेल्या छत्रपती श्री शिवाजी महाराज, भारतीय राज्यघटनेचे शिल्पकार डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर तसेच सामाजिक क्रांतीचे अग्रदूत क्रांतीज्योती महात्मा जोतिबा फुले यांच्या pic.twitter.com/Lz4MomF1SH
— Manjusha Deepak Nagpure (@MDNagpure) February 10, 2026
Similarly, NCP corporator Dattatray Bahirat and Congress’s Sahil Kedari stepped back from the deputy mayoral race, clearing the path for unopposed elections.Nagpure holds a postgraduate degree in management and has been an active figure in local politics. Wadekar, who contested the recent civic polls on a BJP-allied RPI (A) ticket from the Bopodi area, filed his nomination for deputy mayor.In the 165-member PMC, the BJP secured a commanding majority with 119 seats.
The combined strength of Ajit Pawar’s NCP and Sharad Pawar-led NCP(SP) stood at 30 seats, while Congress won 15 seats, and its ally Shiv Sena (UBT) secured just one.Union Minister and Pune Lok Sabha MP Murlidhar Mohol expressed gratitude to the voters for giving BJP a majority in the civic body. “As a result, today, our corporators Nagpure and Wadekar were elected unopposed as mayor and deputy mayor,” he told reporters. Stay tuned to know more about it and others only with us and if you have anything to share do comment below and share your thoughts.
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