Meenakshi Patel

Deputy Mayor Rameshbhai, new Mayor Minakshiben and Municipal Commissioner Guruprasad Mohapatra, 30 April 2013

Meenakshi Patel is an Indian politician who served as the 32nd mayor of Ahmedabad city and 4th women to hold post of Indian state of Gujarat from 30 April 2013 to 14 December 2015.[1] She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She was elected to the post in 2013.[2]

45 year old Meenaxi Patel created history as the first woman from the Patel community to be elected as Mayor. The new Jodhpur ward corporator - Meenaxi or popularly known as 'Meenaben', was elected as the Mayor in a general board meeting of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Tuesday. She is said to have replaced Asit Vora who completed his term on April 30.

At the same meeting, Amraiwadi corporator Ramesh Desai was elected deputy mayor. Meenakshi's main challenge and her initial priority consist of traffic management and cleanliness issues plaguing the city majorly.

"The priority will be to solve people's problems and provide them basic amenities like water, road and drainage.", said the 45 year old Mayor.

References

  1. ↑ Shah, Kinjal (4 January 2014). "Writing More Important: Ahmedabad's First Gujarati Literature Festival Opened on Friday with a Fiery and Interesting Discussion between Four Renowned Authors and the Audience Gujarati Literature Festival". DNA  – via HighBeam (subscription required) . Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-meenakshi-patel-is-new-ahmedabad-mayor-4th-woman-to-hold-post-1829254


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