cm-meets-new-mayor-a-lahoti-14dec2016-2On 14th December, Ashok Lahoti was elected as the new Jaipur Mayor. Post the resignation of Nirmal Nahata , Lahoti sworn in as the 9th Mayor of Jaipur. BJP spokesperson Ashok Lahoti who was a BJP counsellor He won the position by majority bagging 64 against 69 votes.

Lahoti’s name was announced after an early morning meeting of councillors accompanied by the state partymen. Owing to non-performance and increasing discontent against Nirmal Nahata, he resorted to resign from the position. Lahoti faced a stiff competition from Sushil Sharma. Sharma, being an independent counsellor bagged only 21 votes and lost to Lahoti.

Lahoti, who is the former president of state yuva morcha, had contested but lost 2008 assembly polls. He was denied another chance in 2013 assembly polls but in 2014 contested the municipal polls with rumours suggesting that he would be the Jaipur Mayor. However, he faced blunt opposition on account of his family’s involvement in construction business and lack of support from party’s Jaipur MLAs.

Nahata’s resignation is encompassed in the complete revamp of the party’s state unit. Recently, chief minister Vasundhara Raje expanded and reshuffled her cabinet along with state party president Ashok Parnami announcing his new team over the last weekend.

Lahoti was named as the spokesperson of the state BJP on Sunday. Nonetheless,  he will not hold any position in the organisation, having been elected as the Mayor.

Being a Parnami loyalist, Lahoti garnered immense support of the state president and the chief minister. Traditionally, the Mayor seat in Jaipur goes to the Vaishya community and Lahoti is a young and popular representative of the community.

Vasundhara Raje furnished a lucid roadmap to the new Mayor for seamless implementation of plans and efficient accomplishment of goals. She has assigned the task of rendering an utterly clean Jaipur by the culmination of 3 months from now.

Lahoti has been renowned as a dedicated party worker owing to his tremendous efforts in the direction of party’s progress. Nevertheless, he has now been rewarded for his meticulous commitment and perseverance.