“All those aspiring to enter the fray in the municipal council and corporation polls will have to prove that they have toilets in their houses,” the chief minister said..Having a toilet at home is the new eligibility criterion for contesting elections in urban local bodies in Maharashtra.08 crore, of which The state has taken up the task of making the state open defecation free by 2017. So far, it has been a criterion for gram panchayat, panchayat samiti and zilla parishad members in rural areas. The Cabinet on Tuesday decided to mandate toilets in the house of members of municipal bodies as part of the Centre’s Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan.As per the 2011 census, only 1. The decision on this had been implemented at 366 local bodies earlier. The decision for rural local bodies was taken in 2012. The government will have to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Ordinance 1988, Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act and Maharashtra Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayatas and Industrial Townships Act 1965. Having a toilet at home is the new eligibility criterion for contesting elections in urban local bodies in Maharashtra. The move comes months after Haryana amended the state’s Panchayati Raj Act, making toilets at the residences of candidates mandatory for contesting panchayat elections.13 crore families have toilets here the state has a population of 5. “The state government has made it compulsory for candidates to have toilets at China Wholesale PVC Toilet Seats their homes if they want to contest local body elections,” chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said after the Cabinet meeting.