Asit Ravindraprasad Vora (born 4 August 1959) was 31st
Mayor of Ahmedabad
The Mayor of Ahmedabad, a city in the Indian state of Gujarat, Waqi Khan is the current leader of the elected wing of Amdavad Municipal Corporation. She is elected for a term of 2.5 years and eligible for reappointment. The term of mayor is als ...
city in India. He is a
Bhartiya Janata Party
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politician from
Maninagar. He was a municipal councillor from Maninagar ward. And standing committee chairman in his previous term before becoming Mayor. He also serves as Senior Manager at Ahmedabad's
Arvind Mills
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.
Political career
He was elected for the first time from
Maninagar ward as a
Municipal Councilor in 1987. Then Jayendra Pandit became the first
BJP
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Mayor in
Gujarat
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.
Since he was elected for the first time, he has held various positions in different terms.
He was first elected in 1987 when BJP came to power in AMC first time in history and Brahmin Jayendra Pandit became the first BJP Mayor in Gujarat. Vora is Brahmin and after Jayendra Pandit he is the first male Brahmin Mayor of Ahmedabad.
He was also appointed as chairman of
Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board(GSSSB) on 29 January 2014. He resigned from the post on 8 February 2022.
See also
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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) was established in July 1950 under the Bombay Provincial Corporation Act (1949), is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Ahmedabad.
History
On 21 April 1831, the collec ...
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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References
External links
Profile of Asit Vora on AMC
21st-century mayors of places in India
Mayors of Ahmedabad
Living people
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
1959 births
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