After being elected as MLA, mayor Ashok Lahoti is expected to resign from his post this week. When looking at the previous history of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation, the BJP has promoted the deputy mayor as a mayor. In the Jaipur Municipal elections 2014, the BJP had made Nirmal Nahata of the Jain community as the mayor of Jaipur while Manoj Bharadwaj became deputy mayor. Lahoti hails from the Vaishya community and the BJP retained the equation of Vaishya-Brahmin for the post of mayor and deputy mayor. RESIGNATION AWAITEDAfter being elected as MLA, mayor Ashok Lahoti is expected to resign from his post this week.

Source: dna December 18, 2018 00:33 UTC