City BJP Presidents appointed in Surat,Vadodara,Rajkot


By our correspondents, Ahmedabad/Surat/Rajkot/Vadodara, 30 March 2013

BJP has repeated Purnesh Modi as Surat city BJP President and Bharat Dangar as Vadodara city BJP President, while in Rajkot, Bhikhabhai Vasoya has been made city BJP President.

Bharat Dangar’s name was declared as city party President by MLA Jitendra Sukhadia. His name was supported by Rajendra Trivedi, Yogesh Patel, Manisha Vakil and Mayor Dr. Jyotiben Pandya. Minister Saurabh Patel and MP Balu Shukla were present in Vadodara on this occasion.

Purnesh Modi’s name was declared by state BJP General Secretary Bharatsinh Parmar in presence of more than 2,000 local BJP workers. CR Patil group’s Purnesh Modi’s only rival was Ajay Choksi from Pravin Nayak group.

Vasoya will replace outgoing city BJP President Dhansukh Bhanderi who was holding the position for last two term and not in favour for third three-year long term.

Vasoya, a leader with mild nature is involved in Khodaldham movement. He is Leuva Patel and close to Bhanderi. He was deputy Mayor. He is municipal Councillor elected from ward no. 13.

Vasoya’s name was declared by Kashyap Shukla at Mayor bungalow in presence of city Mayor, Vibhavari Dave, Vijay Rupani, Nitin Bharadwaj, Uday Kangad, Kamlesh Mirani among others.

There were three names in discussion for the post of Rajkot city BJP President. hey were Kashyap Shukla, Mavji Dodiya and Uday Kangad.