Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) has unanimously elected councillor Meera Patel today as the new mayor of the state capital. This decision was announced after the general meeting of the corporation. Patel is a councillor from Ward No. 10 in Gandhinagar.
Meanwhile, Ward No.1 councillor Natvarji Thakor has been selected as the deputy mayor.
They were unanimously elected by the 43 members of the ruling party in the general meeting of the municipal corporation.
Notably, the new mayor was supposed to assume office in April, but the process was delayed by the impending Lok Sabha elections and the subsequent swearing-in ceremony of the new government.
The new mayor was slated to be selected on June 10; however, the announcement was delayed as Union Home Minister and Gandhinagar MP, Amit Shah, was occupied with other assignments and the general meeting was postponed.
New Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation standing committee:
Gaurang Vyas
Jashpalsinh Bihola
Chhaya Trivedi
Popatsinh Gohil
Tejal Nai
Shailesh Patel
Shaila Trivedi
Usha Thakor
Kailas Sutariya
Bharat Gohil
Alpa Patel
Meena Solanki
Whip:
Sejal Parmar
Party leader:
Anilsinh Vaghela