Six Gujarat BJP MLAs sworn in as parliamentary secretary

Six parliamentary secretaries(status equivalent to deputy minister) will sworn in on Monday at Gandhinagar.

They are Lavjibhai Rajani (Mendarda, Saurashtra), Yogesh Patel (Vadodara), Surendrasinh Chauhan (Mehmdavad), Jayadrat Parmar (Halol), Harshad Vasava and Ishvarbhai Thakor(Rajpipla), according to a press release by the government.

Of the six, five are from central Gujarat. The inclusion of the parliamentary secretaries is a pointer towards the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) taking a keen interest in central Gujarat where it wants a stronger presence before the Lok Sabha poll, the sources said.

Ishwarsinh Patel (Cooperation, Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities), Harshad Vasava ( Adijati vikas), Sundarsinh Chauhan has been given Panchayat, Yogesh Patel (Tourism, yatradham development and NRG), Jaydrathsinh Parmar (Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs) and Lavanji Rajani (Water Resources).