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U.P.: Ganesh Kesarwani sworn in as new Prayagraj mayor
BJP's Umesh Chandra Ganesh Kesarwani took oath as the new mayor of Prayagraj along with 100 newly elected corporators of Prayagraj Municipal Corporation. The ceremony was attended by BJP leaders including Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Phulpur and Allahabad MPs Keshari Devi Patel and Rita Bahuguna Joshi. The venue was dominated by saffron colour. The new mayor pledged to run an awareness campaign every month in a locality to make Swachh Bharat Abhiyan a success and make Mahakumbh-2025 grand.
Newly elected mayor of Prayagraj Umesh Chandra Ganesh Kesarwani of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the newly elected corporators of Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (PMC) took oath of office at KP College ground here on Friday.
Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Phulpur and Allahabad (Prayagraj) MPs Keshari Devi Patel and Rita Bahuguna Joshi respectively besides former cabinet minister Sidharth Nath Singh were also present on the stage during the swearing-in ceremony.
Amidst loud slogans being raised by BJP workers, Prayagraj divisional commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant administered the oath to the new mayor before a crowd of around 5,000 people.
The venue was dominated by saffron colour right from the chairs to the overhead saffron and white striped tent, carpets as well as the headgears worn by the new mayor, many BJP corporators and guests present on the dais. The outgoing 90 corporators who completed their terms were also present during the ceremony as specially invited guests.
Keeping with the tradition, outgoing mayor Abhilasha Gupta Nandi, also from the BJP, formally handed over a 7kg silver mace to Kesarwani as a symbol of transfer of power from her to him as Prayagraj’s first citizen.
After this, mayor Ganesh Kesarwani administered the oath of office to the newly elected 100 corporators in batches of 10 each in the same ceremony.
Among the 100 corporators sworn in, 56 were of BJP and 19 independents. Sixteen corporators of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and four of the Congress were also sworn in.
Likewise, two corporators each of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) besides one of Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NISHAD) party also took oath of office on the occasion.
After taking oath, the new mayor took a pledge to run an awareness campaign in one locality in the city every month to make PM Narendra ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhiyan a success. This oath was administered to him by deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya. Kesarwani said making Mahakumbh-2025 truly grand and divine would be the top priority for him.
Dy CM lashes out at Akhilesh over tweet
Uttar Pradesh deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday lashed out at the Samajwadi Party (SP) alleging that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had contacts with goons and gangsters. Maurya claimed that the SP chief also lacked good advisors saying if he had them, he would not tweet frivolously as his tweets displayed lack of adequate knowledge.
Maurya expressed these views while reacting to the SP president’s tweet in which he had said “had the BJP MPs and MLAs worked in U.P., ministers would not have had to be called from outside for the grand public relations campaign”.
The deputy chief minister said the SP did not have any MP or MLA in other states while BJP not only had a government at the Centre but was also in power in manty states. “As a result, in the programmes organised by the party, different responsibilities are assigned to its leaders and workers. The president of the party reserves the right assign responsibilities to specific workers,” he said.
Congratulating the new mayors, corporators as well as nagar panchayat presidents and members, Maurya said now the resolution for all-round development will be fulfilled at a faster pace.
