Gujarat Cabinet List: The Bharatiya Janta Party MLA from Gujarat's Ghatlodia, Bhupendra Patel will on Monday take oath as the Chief Minister of the state for the second consecutive term after party's massive win in the recently concluded assembly polls. The swearing-in ceremony will take place in the Helipad ground in the state's capital, Gandhinagar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will attend the event along with at least 20 chief ministers from BJP-ruled states.
Governor Acharya Devvrat will administer Patel's oath as Gujarat's 18th chief minister at a ceremony inside the new secretariat complex in Gandhinagar. The new ministerial council will also be sworn in at the event. The function is expected to be attended by BJP national president JP Nadda and 10-15 government ministers.
As per the information, MLAs whose names have been finalised for the ministerial position were informed about the same last night. BJP state president CR Patil informed the concerned MLAs, through phone calls. So, 17 members of the newly elected assembly have been asked to take oath as the ministers in the new cabinet.
The list features several first-timers. ABP News has accessed the list of MLAs likely to be inducted into the new cabinet of Gujarat.
Here’s The List
- Ghatlodia MLA- Bhupendra Patel
- Majura MLA – Harsh Sanghvi
- Visnagar MLA – Rushikesh Patel
- Pardi MLA- Kanubhai Desai
- Jasdan MLA- Kunvarjibhai Bavaliya
- Khambhalia MLA- Mulubhai Bera
- Jamnagar Rural MLA – Raghavji Patel
- Bhavnagar Rural MLA – Parshottambhai Solanki
- Sidhpur MLA – Balwant Singh Rajput
- Rajkot Rural MLA – Bhanuben Babariya
- Santrampur MLA – Kuberbhai Dindor
- Devgadh Baria MLA- Bachu Khabad
- Nikol MLA - Jagdish Panchal
- Olpad MLA- Mukesh Patel
- Modasa MLA – Bhikhubhai Parmar
- Kamrej MLA – Praful Pansuriya
- Mandvi MLA – Kunvarji Halpati
A total of 20-22 MLAs could be made ministers with nine in the cabinet and the rest as state ministers.
200 Seers Invited For The Ceremony
Sources said that special preparations have been made for this swearing-in ceremony as 200 seers have been invited to attend this swearing-in ceremony. The helipad ground in Gandhinagar will have three huge stages. The middle stage will be for the Chief Minister and his cabinet. The platform on the right side of the main stage is for the Prime Minister and VVIPs. On the left side stage, 200 sadhus of the state will be seated, who have been specially invited for the ceremony.
The party won 156 of the total 182 seats in the recently concluded Gujarat Assembly elections, giving it an unprecedented lead and its eighth straight victory. The main opposition party, Congress, could gain 17 seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won five seats in the state legislative assembly.
A committee of IAS officials is monitoring the preparations for the swearing-in ceremony, for which a temporary building with a capacity of 20,000 persons has been built at the helipad field.
Party office-bearers from the taluka and city levels are scheduled to attend the swearing-in event. Sitting and past MPs and MLAs from the party, office-bearers of various morchas, chairmen/vice-chairmen and directors of APMCs, gram panchayat sarpanches, and Jan Sangh veterans are also anticipated to participate. Several national-level figures were brought in for campaign carpet bombing during the party's election campaign in Gujarat.
Bhupendra Patel resigned as Chief Minister on Friday, paving the door for a new administration to be led by him once again. According to party insiders, the next Gujarat administration would include some fresh faces.
Patel was voted as the head of the BJP parliamentary party by the elected MLAs on Saturday after winning the assembly election from Ahmedabad's Ghatlodia constituency by a margin of 1.92 lakh votes.