The CM also inaugurated an office opened by Tilala on Bhaktinagar Road and flagged off 25 new electric buses purchased by the municipal corporation for bus services in Rajkot.
From Congress, noted names present on the occasion included the president of Gujarat Mahila Congress Jeni Thummar, and Patan MLA Kirit Patel among others.
Sorani, Congress' leader in the RMC, arrived at the civic body in the morning and headed straight to a red champa (plumeria) tree in the garden. Viral Bhatt, her secretary, tied a banner that read 'Congress Karyalaya' to the tree under which Sorani sat.