TheMaharashtralegislative assembly cleared two bills to increase the number of seats in local bodies.
The assembly cleared a bill to add nine electoral seats in the BMC, taking the total seats to 236 from 227 despite theopposition raising certain objections to the process followed by the BMCwhile redrawing the ward boundaries. The assembly also passed a bill to increase the number of electoral seats in zilla parishad and panchayat samitis. The minumim number of seats has been hiked to 55 from 50, and the maximum to 85 from 75.