: Bhupendra Patel takes oath as Gujarat chief minister #IndiaNEWS Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bhupendra Patel on Monday took oath as the 17th chief minister of Gujarat. Patel was appointed to the top

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Bhupendra Patel takes oath as Gujarat chief minister #IndiaNEWS
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bhupendra Patel on Monday took oath as the 17th chief minister of Gujarat. Patel was appointed to the top post on Sunday, a day after Vijay Rupani and his entire Cabinet resigned. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other BJP leaders such as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan attended Patel’s oath-taking ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar.Patel, 59, is a first-time MLA who won the Ghatlodia seat in the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections. He defeated Congress candidate Shashikant Patel by more than 1.17 lakh votes, the highest winning margin in the polls. He is from the Kadva sub-group of the Patidar community. The ministers in Patel’s Cabinet will take oath in the next few days, according to PTI.Patel was seen as a surprise choice for the top post in Gujarat as there was speculation that either Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya or fisheries minister Parshottam Rupala might be chosen for it, NDTV reported.Rupani chose Patel for the chief ministerial post at the BJP’s legislature party meeting on Saturday, reported PTI. Patel has never held a minister’s post.Patel’s elevation came ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls scheduled in December 2022. The newly appointed chief minister belongs to the Patidar community, a case that is dominant in...Read more

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