After reaping huge benefits of a meticulous delimitation exercise in the recently concluded Gandhinagar civic body election, the Bharatiya Janata Party is looking to replicate the same formula in rural areas of the state as well. Even as more than 10,000 village panchayats go to polls in December this year, the ruling BJP is looking to increase the number of village panchayats by about 1,500.
The panchayat & rural development department has completed all formalities like passing of resolutions by large panchayats for the formation of new panchayats and approval of district authorities and the development commissioner to form new panchayats. After the approval from minister Brijesh Merja, a notification to form around 1,500 new village panchayats will be issued.