The Sanskarnagari Vadodara holds a very strong connection with the Maharashtrians due to the royal Gaekwads ruling the Baroda princely state before the independence. Today as well, the clustered population of Maharashtrians can be seen in the city area. This time, considering the Marathi lobby, Balkrishna Shukla has been given a chance to contest elections from BJP from the Raopura seat. Instead of taking a candidate from Akota seat, this time instead of Rajendra Trivedi Shukla has been appointed to contest elections. Balkrishna Shukla was Mayor of Vadodara from 2008 to 2010. He was elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 and also became a member of Committee on Commerce and in 2010 he became a members of Committee on Science and Technology, Environme

Author-Dr.Aishwarya Nair