BJP councilor Hitesh Makwana was appointed as the mayor of Gandhinagar on October 21. (File photo: BJP)
This time the post of mayor of Gandhinagar has been reserved for a councilor belonging to Scheduled Caste category for the first term of 2.5 years.
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BJP councilor Hitesh Makwana was elected unopposed as the new mayor of Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) on Thursday during the first general board meeting of the newly elected municipal body in Gujarat. This time the post of mayor of Gandhinagar has been reserved for a councilor belonging to Scheduled Caste category for the first term of 2.5 years.
The fifth mayor of the capital, Makwana, will serve for two-and-a-half years, after which a woman will be elected as mayor for the remainder of the term, according to the law.
“I thank the BJP and its leadership for giving me this responsibility. The city of Gandhinagar was developed extensively by our predecessors. Now, we will extend this development to 18 villages and Pethapur Municipality which have been newly added,” Makwana told reporters.
During the meeting, BJP councilor Premalsinh Gol was elected the new deputy mayor of Gandhinagar, while Jaswant Patel became the chairman of the standing committee.
In the recently held elections for the GMC, the ruling BJP retained power by winning 41 of the total 44 seats in 10 wards, beating both the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party by a huge margin as both the parties won two and one seat respectively. .
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