At the end of the two-year term of the 15-member executive committee, the general board met on Monday to form a new body. The BJP taluka panchayat president Umarsi Bhanushali constituted a seven-member committee even though six of the 13 BJP members of the committee did not extend their support. They sided with two Congress members. Later, Bhanushali voted in favour of the BJP. He justified his action by saying that since one member remained absent, there was a tie with seven members on each side, so he used his vote.

Former Abdasa MLA Narendrasinh Jadeja and district panchayat member Kishorsinh Jadeja challenged this and described the entire election process to be illegal. They left the meeting when Bhanushali ignored their protest.

"The absence of one member that Bhanushali is talking about is an utter lie. Dhanvantriben, wife of the taluka panchayat social justice committee, was there and had even objected to the new committee formed by Bhanushali," Jadeja said.

He said that the taluka panchayat officer as a secretary of the committee was supposed to conduct the business and ask for the names of the new members, but this was not followed. Instead, Bhanushali, with the help of newly-elected MLA Jayanti Bhanushali, suggested new names and he himself okayed them.

He said that taluka panchayat officer Hirachand Shah was rushed to hospital after he complained of chest pain. Kishor Jadeja said they later met Harsha and demanded reconstitution of the committee under the supervision of a senior officer from the district panchayat. He said eight members singed a memorandum submitted to Harsha, including Jadeja Nirmalaben Ranjitsinh, Dhanvantriben Karamshi, Mandhara Hasam Haroon, Maheshwari Karsan Samji, Sodha Maheshji Ranaji, Hakumatsinh Jadeja, Ker Osman Rana and Patel Ramilaben Prafulbhai.