Summary:
Later in the evening, Congress corporator Ankit Barot’s family lodged a complaint with the police that he has gone missing. However, Congress member Pravin Patel had defected to the BJP and was elected Mayor. Intense political drama played out on Sunday, on the eve of mayoral election at Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC), after the state government transferred the GMC commissioner S L Amrani. The election for the post of mayor has become full of suspense since Congress and BJP had won 16 seats each of the total 32 in 2016. In the evening, after Congress corporator Ankit Barot reportedly went missing, party MLA from Gandhinagar North, C J Chavda, alleged that Barot was abducted by the brother of a former BJP MLA so that the former’s wife, who is also a BJP corporator, in GMC could be easily elected as Mayor Monday..