The BJP leader had served as the Chief Minister of the state from 7 August 2016.
Assembly elections are due early next year in Gujarat, the home of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
sources told The Quint That three names – CR Patil and Nitin Patel, along with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya – are being considered for the post.
Member of Parliament CR Patil won the Lok Sabha election from Navsari constituency of Gujarat in both 2014 and 2019.
Nitin Patel, on the other hand, is the deputy chief minister of the state and holds several portfolios including finance, roads and buildings, health and family welfare, medical education.
Union Minister Mandaviya is a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat.
(With inputs from ANI.)
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