Prayagraj,

30 March (HS): Under the leadership of the Metropolitan President, the

nominated councilors arrived at the function with great pomp and show with

drums, supporters and party workers. The swearing-in ceremony for the ten

nominated councillors of the Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (PMC) was held on

Monday. Amid the beats of drums and cymbals from the All Saints Cathedral Church

in Civil Lines, accompanied by a large crowd of supporters and BJP workers, all

ten nominated councillors, led by BJP Prayagraj Metropolitan President Sanjay

Gupta, arrived at the Prayagraj Municipal Corporation premises, where the

swearing-in ceremony was held in the grand hall of the corporation's new

building, presided over by Mayor Ganesh Kesarwani.

Mayor

Ganesh Kesarwani administered the oath of office and secrecy to all nominated

councillors. He then welcomed and greeted all ten nominated councillors with

robes and garlands. Addressing the gathering earlier, Mayor Ganesh Kesarwani

said that the inclusion of the nominated councillors has strengthened the

municipal corporation's team. Our responsibilities to the public have

increased, he said. Let us all pledge to work together for the

development of Prayagraj. The Prayagraj Municipal Corporation has accomplished

many remarkable things in every field. Every effort has been made to ensure the

city's development, its cleanliness, and to fulfill our responsibilities to the

public, and this will continue in the future.

BJP

Metropolitan President Sanjay Gupta said that these nominated councillors are

an example of how far an ordinary worker can reach heights in the BJP on the

basis of his work. Every BJP worker deserves respect. On behalf of all BJP

workers of the Metropolitan, he congratulated the nominated councillors for

this new responsibility and wished them a bright future. MLC Surendra Chaudhary

said that BJP finds its hardworking workers. Even an ordinary worker can dream

big in the party on the basis of his hard work. Phulpur MLA Deepak Patel said

that the responsibilities of nominated councillors are not less. Now they will

have to always be ready to serve the public. He congratulated and wished all

the nominated councillors.

These

nominated councillors were sworn in: Swarika Bhardwaj from Shivgnagar Colony, Shyam

Chandra Hela from Rajapur, Durgesh Nandini from Kala Danda Himmat Ganj, Rajesh

Kushwaha from Khuldabad, Akhilesh Singh from Rajrooppur, Babban Prajapati from

Krishna Nagar Kidganj, Dilip Kesarwani from Kazipur Naini (Prayagraj

Metropolitan), Praveen Bhartiya from Nevada Hasting Road, Arun Kumar Mishra

from Awas Vikas Colony Jhunsi and Lal Bahadur Sahu from TSL Naini took oath of

office and secrecy as newly appointed nominated councillors. There was an

atmosphere of enthusiasm among women as well due to the inclusion of two women

councillors among the nominated councillors. A large number of BJP Mahila

Morcha workers were present at the function. Dr. Shailesh Pandey, Pramod Modi,

Kanchanalata Kushwaha, Arun Patel, Vijay Srivastava, Ajay Singh, Ravi Kesarwani,

Deep Dwivedi, Pawan Srivastava, Vivek Mishra, Sujit Kushwaha, Rajesh Gond,

Neeraj Gupta, Ashish Dwivedi, Vandana Singh, Chandra Ahluwalia, Shikha Rastogi,

Rita Singh, Shobhita Srivastava, Seema Srivastava, Ajay Hela etc. were present.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi