The city unit of the BJP got a major shot in the arm with Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP) president and former corporator Rajesh Ayre joining the party. Two other former corporators from his ward including his wife and another female corporator joined the party too.Ayre had won as an independent candidate in the Subhanpura-Gorwa area in 2005 Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) polls. He then joined the BJP and won on a BJP ticket in 2010. Ayre quit the party later and joined the RSP and contested and won on all the four seats of his ward in the 2015 VMC polls.Ayre, his wife Purnima Ayre, Hemlata Gor and Viren Rami had won in the ward in 2015. Rami, however, has parted ways with Ayre.While joining the BJP on Friday evening Ayre said that he had kept the development of his ward a priority and worked for people. “I have always believed in the BJP ideology and now we will work towards winning all 76 seats in the VMC. I have returned back home and could not have gone to any other party,” he said.