New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party's Bhupendra Patel took oath as the CM of Gujarat, along with his cabinet ministers, in Gandhinagar today in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and other dignitaries. A total of 16 Gujarat cabinet ministers took oath today including eight cabinet ministers, six Minister of State and two Ministers of State with Independent charge.
BJP MLAs Parshottam Solanki, Bachubhai Khabad, Mukesh Patel, Praful Pansheriya, Bhikhusinh Parmar and Kunvarji Halpati take oath as minister of state. BJP registered a landslide victory in the state election, winning 156 of the 182 seats. The new entrants include 11 former ministers.
Top BJP leaders, including Union ministers and chief ministers of the states where the party is in power, were present at the swearing in ceremony.
Here's The List Of Ministers Who Took Oath:
- Harsh Sanghvi (Minister of state, Independent charge)
- Jagdish Ishwarbhai Vishwakarma (Minister of state, Independent charge)
- Rushikesh Patel
- Kanubhai Desai
- Kunvarjibhai Bavaliya
- Mulubhai Bera
- Raghavji Patel
- Parshottambhai Solanki
- Balwant Singh Rajput
- Bhanuben Babariya
- Kuberbhai Dindor
- Bachu Khabad
- Mukesh Patel
- Bhikhubhai Parmar
- Praful Pansheriya
- Kunvarji Halpati
In the just-concluded Gujarat Assembly elections, counting for which was held on December 8, the BJP won a seventh straight term by winning record 156 seats in the 182-member House. The Congress won 17 constituencies and AAP 5. Patel, 60, resigned as chief minister along with his entire cabinet on Friday to pave the way for the formation of a new government following the election results.
He was elected as the leader of the BJP legislative party on Saturday, following which he met the governor and staked the claim to form the next government. Patel won the Ghatlodia seat with the highest margin of 1.92 lakh votes in the elections. A low-profile BJP leader and the first from the Kadva Patidar sub-group to become CM, Patel replaced Vijay Rupani in September 2021.