Vadodara gets representation in cabinet finally
TNN | Mar 10, 2019, 09:53 IST
Manjalpur BJP MLA Yogesh Patel in the city after being sworn in as a minister of state on SaturdayVADODARA: It’s a case of better late than never for Manjalpur BJP MLA Yogesh Patel. He got an impressive welcome on his return to the city after being sworn in as a minister of state on Saturday.
Patel is a seven-time MLA from the city and the only time he found favour with the state government was in 2009 when he was made a parliamentary secretary. He would have expected to get promoted from thereon, but that was not the case.
In fact, the last time a legislator hailing from the city who became a minister was in 2011-12 when Sayajigunj BJP MLA Jitendra Sukhadia was made a minister of state. While Akota BJP MLA Saurabh Patel was a minister, he did not belong to Vadodara and had only contested elections from the city.
While the prestigious position of the assembly speaker was given to Raopura BJP MLA Rajendra Trivedi in the current assembly, a ministerial berth had remained evasive.
Speaking to media persons Patel avoided commenting if he felt that his appointment as a minister was delayed. Patel said that at times things depended on one’s fate. In the same breath he added that he had never asked to be made a minister. “I believe that it is better to die than ask for something,” he said.
Patel is a seven-time MLA from the city and the only time he found favour with the state government was in 2009 when he was made a parliamentary secretary. He would have expected to get promoted from thereon, but that was not the case.
In fact, the last time a legislator hailing from the city who became a minister was in 2011-12 when Sayajigunj BJP MLA Jitendra Sukhadia was made a minister of state. While Akota BJP MLA Saurabh Patel was a minister, he did not belong to Vadodara and had only contested elections from the city.
While the prestigious position of the assembly speaker was given to Raopura BJP MLA Rajendra Trivedi in the current assembly, a ministerial berth had remained evasive.
Speaking to media persons Patel avoided commenting if he felt that his appointment as a minister was delayed. Patel said that at times things depended on one’s fate. In the same breath he added that he had never asked to be made a minister. “I believe that it is better to die than ask for something,” he said.
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