BJP and Congress candidates filed their nominations for the NPSS elections in Vadodara

Elections were announced for the appointment of members of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation-run Nagar Prathmik Shikshan Samiti (NPSS) scheduled to be held on August 6th. On the last day of registration, the BJP announced the list of candidates. The nomination papers were filed after the list of candidates was made public.

After discussions with Bharatiya Janata Party State President C.R. Patil, Pradesh General Secretary Bhargav Bhatt, Vadodara City President Vijay Shah, and the General Secretary, the list of 12 candidates for the VMC-run NPSS was announced by the BJP are-  Rita Manjarawala, Anjana Thakkar, Sharmishtha Solanki, Dr. Hemang Joshi, Aditya Patel, Vijay Patel, Kiran Salunke, Bharat Gajjar, Nilesh Kahar, Ranjit Rajput, Hitesh Patni, and Jignesh Parikh. In addition, 18 people, including BJP workers, former councilors, and social workers, have received nomination papers.

It may be noted here that the Education Committee has a total of 15 members, out of which 12 members are elected, while three members are appointed by the government. 1 out of 12 seats is for S.C. ST, 3 seats are of matriculate class and 8 seats are of general class.

The last day for candidates to fill up the forms for the elections was July 23rd. The process was carried out in the Sayajirao auditorium of the corporation. Elections will be held on Friday, August 6th from 12 noon to 3 pm at the same place. The counting will also take place on the same day at 3.30 pm.

76 corporators of the corporation will vote in this election. A member can give 3 votes to 3 candidates, or 3 votes to 1 candidate of Matriculate section. Similarly, 8 members of the general category will be able to get 1 member to vote for 8 candidates or even give 8 votes to 1 candidate. While there is only one candidate in SC-ST, one vote has to be given.

Vadodara Congress has selected Sai Dhekane, Chairman of Vadodara Congress IT Cell and former GS of M.S.U in the Science Faculty as a candidate in the NPSS election.