Mumbai mayor elections on hold as CM Devendra Fadnavis leaves for Davos, poll process to last till January-end

New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has left for Davos to attend a summit of the World Economic Forum and hence the procedure to select the Mumbai mayor might take another few days. The elections to choose the mayor might even extend to the end of January, according to a report in the Times of India. The lottery to decide whether the position of mayor would go to a candidate from the open category, SC/ST or a person from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) is likely in the next 2-3 days, said the newspaper report.

However, even after that, the discussions over sharing of power in the richest municipality in the country might be finalized only by the end of this month.

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According to reports, the lottery to decide the category to which the mayor of Mumbai would belong is likely to take place on January 22. Post this lottery process, a notification for the election will be issued, either on the same day or the next day. However a 7-day notice has to be issued for actual elections to take place, post the notification.

So clearly if the notification is issued on January 22, then elections can be held on January 29 and if it is issued on January 23, then elections for mayor will take place on January 30.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis left for Davos on Sunday. He is likely to come back on January 24. Speaking after the election win, the CM had said that Deputy CM, Eknath Shinde and other party leaders will take a call on the mayor.

Fadnavis ridiculed Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, Sanjay Raut for his comment that "God willing it could be a Shiv Sena mayor." He said he did not know whether Raut was referring to God above or himself. Raut is also referred to as "Devabhau".

The World Economic Forum is holding its Summit from January 19-23 in Davos. Nearly 3,000 leaders from 130 countries are taking part in the Summit in the Graubünden canton of eastern Switzerland.

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CM Fadnavis interacted with Marathis living in the city. He will be here till January 24. He said that the WEF will help Maharashtra grow economically and help it become a USD 1 trillion economy. Last year the Maharashtra government signed investment agreements worth Rs 16 lakh crore in Davos and this year they are trying to scale up these investments.

CM Fadnavis is accompanied at the WEF by industries minister Uday Samant and senior officials.