New Delhi: The newly appointed cabinet of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel took the oath of office at the Raj Bhavan today. Governor Acharya Devvrat took the oath of the new council of ministers.
A total of 24 ministers have taken oath in the new cabinet in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and former CM Vijay Rupani. The entire Vijay Rupani cabinet has been thrown out under the ‘no repetition’ policy and new faces have been included in the Bhupendra Patel cabinet.
List of ministers who took oath:
- Rajendra Trivedi
- Jitu Vaghani
- Rushikesh Patel
- Harsh Sanghvi
- Jagdish Panchal
- Brijesh Merja
- Jitu Choudhary
- Kiritsingh Rana
- Pradip Parmar
- Arjunsinh Chauhan
- Hrishikesh Patel
- Purnesh Modi
- Raghav Patel
- Kanubhai Desai
- Naresh Patel
- Manisha Vakil
- Mukesh Patel
- Nimisha Suthar
- Arvind Raiyani
- Gajendrasinh Parmar
- Raghavji Makwana
- Vinoo bites
- Devabhai Malam
- Kuberbhai Dindori
According to ABP Asmita sources, Rushikesh Patel has replaced Nitin Patel who was the Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat. Sources also confirmed that since Rajendra Trivedi has been inducted into the cabinet, Neemaben Acharya will be the interim speaker of the state assembly.
First-time MLA Bhupendra Patel was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state on Monday, following a sudden change in which Vijay Rupani resigned from the post of CM.
Meanwhile, the first cabinet meeting of the Council of Ministers to be chaired by CM Bhupendra Patel will be held in Gandhinagar today at 4.30 pm.
The dilemma over the swearing-in ceremony of new cabinet ministers remains a mystery as it was postponed twice on Wednesday. Tension was high in Gujarat BJP as the new CM of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel wanted a change in the entire cabinet.
The future of these four political faces
After the resignation of Vijay Rupani, questions are being raised about the political future of BJP veterans Nitin Patel, Bhupendra Singh Chudasma, RC Faldu and Kaushik Patel.
These four are the old faces of BJP in Gujarat. The biggest question is about former Deputy CM and strong leader Nitin Patel, who this time also fell behind in the race to become CM. Both Bhupendra Patel and Nitin Patel belong to the Patidar community.
Gujarat Assembly elections
Ministers took oath in the new cabinet of Bhupendra Patel government today. Assembly elections are due in Gujarat after about 15 months.
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