Won't Contest 2017 Gujarat Assembly Polls: Anandiben Patel Writes To Amit Shah

BJP chief Amit Shah

She had resigned in August 2016 in the wake of the Bharatiya Janata Party's drubbing in the 2015 local self-government elections and the Patidar agitation. (Photo: PTI)

Patel had succeeded Narendra Modi in 2014 to become the first woman Chief Minister of the state. (Photo: PTI)

Patel, who represents the Ghatlodia constituency, has been a legislator since 1987.