Kalyan: Shiv Sena (UBT) corporators beat dhol-tasha outside the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation headquarters for a second straight day on Thursday, pressing the civic body to appoint its nominated corporators nearly 11 months after the January elections.
The protest began on Monday, 9 November, and the party has said it will beat drums for ten minutes every day until the administration announces a date.
Group leader Umesh Borgaonkar said the party submitted a representation on 24 September and a reminder on 2 November, and received no definite reply. A letter from the administration dated 5 November promised an all-party meeting at the municipal commissioner's office, but no date for the appointments has followed, he said.
Corporator Sankesh Bhoir, who is leading the agitation, said nominated members should be appointed at the first general body meeting, within a month of results being declared. "Since the government is not waking up to the issue, we have started beating drums to wake it up," he said.
The delay has become a talking point because neighbouring civic bodies, including Ulhasnagar and Bhiwandi, have completed their appointments.
In the January 2026 polls, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena won 53 of the 122 seats and the BJP 50, with Shiv Sena (UBT) on 11, the MNS on 5, the Congress on 2 and the NCP (SP) on one.
Corporator Kirti Dhone also spoke at the protest, according to local reports from Kalyan-Dombivli.
The agitating corporators have said they will not withdraw the protest until a concrete decision is taken on the nominations, and have asked the administration to stop giving assurances and fix a date.
Next: whether the promised all-party meeting is called, and whether a date is announced before the drumming widens into a larger protest.