Relatives of politicians and Gujarat local polls

Gandhinagar

In other article we reported that former Chief Minister of Gujarat late Shri Amarsinh Chaudhary’s first wife Gajraben has been elected as president of Tapi district panchayat yesterday. Gajraben is also mother of former minister of state in centre Tushar Chaudhary.

There are some more examples in this line so far as yesterday’s panchayat president/vice president elections are concerned.

Former Congress Lok Sabha MP who lost last Lok Sabha election in 2014 Virji Thumar’s wife Jenuben Thumar has been elected as president of Amreli district panchayat. In another similar development, Congress party’s MLA Raghavji Patel’s son Jayendra Mungra has been elected as vice president of Jamnagar district panchayat.

Former Gujarat Congress chief Arjun Modhwadia’s brother Ramdev Modhwadia has been elected to Porbandar district panchayat while Dwarka BJP MLA Pabubha Manek’s son has lost district panchayat poll. Umbergaon BJP MLA Raman Patkar’s son has been elected to local taluka panchayat but has been unsuccessful to become president of same as out of total 30 elected members 16 Congress members gave vote to Congress candidate Kanchanben for the of president.

– DeshGujarat