New Delhi: The newly appointed cabinet of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel took the oath of office today at Raj Bhavan. The new council of ministers was sworn in by Governor Acharya Devvrat.
A total of 24 ministers have been sworn 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 dropped out as part of the 'no repetition' policy and new faces have been inducted 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
- Kiritsinh 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
- Vinu Mordia
- Devabhai Malam
- Kuberbhai Dindor
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.
Bhupendra Patel, who became MLA for the first time, was sworn in as Chief Minister of the state on Monday after a sudden change saw Vijay Rupani resigning from the CM post.
Meanwhile, the first cabinet meeting of the Council of Ministers, to be chaired by CM Bhupendra Patel, will take place today at 4.30 pm at Gandhinagar.
The dilemma about the oath-taking ceremony of new cabinet ministers remained a mystery as it was postponed twice on Wednesday. Tension was high in Gujarat BJP as the new Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel wanted a change in the entire cabinet.
Future Of These Four Political Faces
After Vijay Rupani's resignation, questions are being raised about the political future of veteran BJP leaders Nitin Patel, Bhupendra Singh Chudasma, RC Faldu, and Kaushik Patel.
All four are old faces of the BJP in Gujarat. The biggest question is about former deputy CM and strong leader Nitin Patel, who lagged behind this time too in the race to become CM. Both Bhupendra Patel and Nitin Patel belong to the Patidar community.
Gujarat Assembly Elections
Ministers are sworn-in in the new cabinet of the Bhupendra Patel government today. Nearly 15 months later, assembly elections will be held in Gujarat.