Gandhinagar: BJP’s Shobhnaben Vaghela has been elected president and Jagdishbhai Patel has been elected vice president of Gandhinagar district panchayat.

Congress had its own 18 members plus 1 independent in Gandhinagar taluka panchayat after recent election. BJP had 15 members.

BJP captured taluka panchayat body with support of 2 independents in addition to its own 15 members.

Congress’s 6 members were absent during voting. Its strength therefore remained just 13 which made rival BJP victorious.

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