Wedding of Jaitley’s daughter: Change in Gujarat BJP parliamentary board meeting schedule

Gandhinagar, Correspondent

The schedule of the parliamentary board meeting of the ruling BJP in Gujarat to select the mayors of the six municipal corporations and other office bearers of the local bodies won by it during the recently held elections has been slightly changed.

The meeting slated to be held on December 9 and 10 would now be held on December 8 and 10 instead.

BJP state media convener Harshad Patel today confirmed the change in schedule and said that many of the senior party leaders from the state would be participating in the reception ceremony of the marriage of Sonali Jaitley, daughter of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on December 9.

Mr. Patel said that the names of the Mayors and other office bearers of the six corporations in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar would be discussed on December 8. However the names won’t be announced that day and would be declared in the respective municipal bodies later.

He said that on December 10 the presidents and other office berares of the 40 muncipalities, 6 district and 77 taluka panchayats would be finalized and declared in the respective local bodies later. The meeting will be attended by chief minister Anandiben Patel and other senior leaders.

Elections for the six municipal corporation was held on November 22 while that for 56 municipalites, 31 district and 230 taluka panchayats took place on November 29. The counting was done on December 2.

– DeshGujarat