AHMEDABAD: The standing committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) reinstated six of their committee members when their term got over this year. The re-inducted members are Hemakshu Patel, Bhaskar Bhat, Krishnavadan Brahmbhatt, Vanrajsinh Zala, Kanta Parmar from BJP and Hassan Pathan from Congress.

The standing committee, which is the decision and policymaking body of the municipal corporation, replaces its members at the end of their one-year term. For a change this year, six of the 12 members who were due to retire this year were reinstated. The reason cited was that several policies and projects that were midway in terms of implementation or formulation required the six members to stay back.

"The decision to reinstate the members this year was taken by the entire committee. Such decisions are taken under exceptional situations. There are nine members from the BJP and three from the Congress in the standing committee at the moment. The members have already filled their forms in this regard," said standing committee chairman Asit Vora.

Newly elected municipal corporator from Raikhad Atiya Sheikh has been inducted in material management and purchase committee.