Vadodara: For once, the BJP did not spring a surprise when it came to the appointment o important elected wing posts in the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). Two corporators who have administrative experience linked to the civic body in the past were picked up as the mayor and the standing committee chairman. The party has put an engineer and a doctor at the helm of affairs of the VMC.
Keyur Rokadia (42) who holds a master’s degree in civil engineering was picked up as the mayor by BJP even as homeopath Dr Hitendra Patel will hold the post of the standing committee chairman. Patel was the standing committee chairman for 2.5years in the 2010 to 2015 term of the VMC.