Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel Rejigs Cabinet Ahead Of Crucial Assembly Polls, Relieves Two Ministers

As of now, the CM will be in charge of both ministries, while Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi has been assigned the additional duty of revenue as its MoS.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. (Image Source: File Photo)

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has relieved cabinet members Rajendra Trivedi and Purnesh Modi of their revenue, road, and construction responsibilities, respectively, ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, news agency PTI reported.

As of now, the CM will be in charge of both ministries, while Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi has been assigned the additional duty of revenue as its MoS, according to BJP sources on Saturday night.

Jagdish Panchal, Minister of State for Industries, Forests, and Environment, will be the Minister of State for Roads and Buildings, they stated.

Trivedi will now be in charge of disaster management, law and justice, legislative and parliamentary affairs, while Modi will continue to be in charge of transportation, civil aviation, tourism, and pilgrimage development.

Trivedi and Modi are both cabinet-level ministers in the Bhupendra Patel administration.

Patel took over as Gujarat chief minister in September after the senior BJP leadership forced the whole cabinet to quit.

Gujarat Assembly elections are scheduled for December of this year.

Gujarat Election 2017

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regained power in Gujarat for a sixth consecutive term in 2017, just edging beyond the halfway point in one of the most fiercely contested elections

Out of 182, the BJP won 99 seats, and the Congress increased its total from five years prior by gaining 77 seats. Six seats were won by candidates from smaller parties and independents.

While the BJP retained sway in the state's south, north, and centre of Gujarat, Congress prevailed in the state's vast Saurashtra/Kutch area.

While the Congress won majority of its seats in rural areas, the BJP demonstrated its dominance over metropolitan areas.

(With PTI Inputs)