Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Election Results

In the 144-member Pune Municipal Corporation, no party could muster absolute majority.

  1. Congress managed 35 seats down from 61 in the previous polls.
  2. The NCP got 42 seats,which is almost double the number last time.
  3. BJP bagged 25 seats
  4. Shiv Sena 20 seats
  5. Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Nirman Sena managed to get 8 seats
  6. Independents (14)

Is resignation to circumstances inherent to Indian culture?

One of the most striking things about Indian culture is that we rarely resist. For hundreds of years we have been ruled by the Mughals and the British, but apart from the independence struggle early in the last century and in 1857, there’s not much record of resistance from the masses. A few rulers did resist foreign rule but those weren’t people’s movements.