Bhaskar Analysis: Ahir and Satwara communities vying for the post of first mayor of Morbi Municipal Corporation

The BJP has won all the 52 seats in the Morbi Municipal Corporation. At that time, the time has come to finalize who will be crowned as the first mayor of Morbi Municipal Corporation out of these 52. But since the first mayoral post of Morbi Municipal Corporation is reserved for OBCs, the elected corporators of different castes of this OBC are considered to be the most prominent among the representatives of the two heaviest and gigantic communities. The Satwara community is one of the frontrunners for the city's first mayor. However, who will contest for the mayor's post between Satwara and Ahir communities? There is a lot of speculation about whether a third person will be able to do so. Ahead of the municipal elections, the state's urban development department had announced the rotation for the post of mayor of Morbi Municipal Corporation, in which the first two-and-a-half years were announced for OBC and for the next two-and-a-half years, women reserved for the post of mayor. Since then, there has been a race among the OBC castes to become mayors. There are a total of 13 members, including 3 women, in the OBC category. After the first two-and-a-half years, there is a reservation for women for the post of mayor, so the possibility of the first mayor becoming a woman does not appear at the present stage. In the OBC category, the race is between newly elected Bhupendrabhai Jharia, Ganeshbhai Dabhi and Bhavik Kumar Jharia. The name of Ganeshbhai Dabhi of the Satawara community is being discussed at the forefront. Until now, almost everyone associated with public life had experience of the office and administration of the municipal president. But since the post of Mayor has come to Morbi for the first time, most of them are unaware of its responsibilities and administration, so only a suitable and qualified public representative can be chosen for this post. The frames of who should be given which position were arranged If the mayor comes from the Ahir community, the deputy mayor will come from the Satwara community. However, if the mayor will be made from the Satwara community, then the post of deputy mayor will go to the Ahir representative. Apart from this, it is almost certain that the chairman of the standing committee in the municipal corporation will come from the Patidar understanding, which has the largest population in Morbi. However, the Kshatriya community as the leader of the ruling party and the Brahmin or the goldsmith community can find a place in the ruling party's whip. However, it is too early to say in whose name the party will stamp the approval, but lobbying has started somewhere inside to get a prestigious post in the first body of the municipal corporation.