NASHIK/KOLHAPUR: The

(MVA) alliance has bagged the posts of president and vice-president in the

zilla parishad elections on Thursday.

In

too, the Congress-NCP combination, with Shiv Sena’s backing, wrested the posts held by

for two-and-a-half years.

In Nashik ZP, Sena’s Balasaheb Kshirsagar and NCP’s Sayaji Gaikwad were elected unppoosed as president and vice-president, respectively. unopposed.

This is the first electoral victory the alliance, stitched together by NCP, Sena and Congress to form the state government after the assembly polls were declared in October.

In Kolhapur, Congress nominee Bajarang Patil and NCP’s Satish Patil each bagged 41 votes in the 67-member ZP to be elected president and vicepresident, respectively.

BJP state unit president Chandrakant Patil had played a major role in 2017 by stitching together an alliance with Tararani Aghadi, then-Congress MLA Prakash Awade, Raju Shetti’s Swabhimani Paksha and a Shiv Sena faction.

Congress is the largest party in the Kolhapur ZP with 14 members, followed by BJP (13), NCP (10) and Shiv Sena (10). Other outfits comprise the other 20 members.