Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel to proceed as CM for second time period; elected chief of BJP legislative social gathering

By PTI

GANDHINAGAR: Bhupendra Patel will proceed because the chief minister of Gujarat for a second straight time period with the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs electing him because the chief of the legislative social gathering throughout a gathering right here on Saturday.

Patel’s title was declared because the chief of the legislative social gathering unanimously on the assembly held on the social gathering’s state headquarters ‘Kamalam.’

“The newly-elected MLAs met today at ‘Kamalam,’ where the proposal to name Bhupendra Patel as the chief minister of Gujarat was unanimously approved,” the BJP mentioned in a press release.

Patel, 60, had resigned because the chief minister alongside along with his total cabinet on Friday to pave the best way for the formation of a brand new authorities within the state after the BJP registered a landslide victory within the simply concluded Assembly elections.

Senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, B S Yediyurappa and Arjun Munda have been current for the assembly because the social gathering’s central observers.

Patel gained a second straight time period from the Ghatlodia Assembly seat within the Ahmedabad district by 1.92 lakh votes on this yr’s election.

In September final yr, he changed Vijay Rupani because the chief minister.

The BJP registered a historic victory in Gujarat by clinching 156 seats within the 182-member House on Thursday, a lot greater than its tally of 99 seats in 2017.

The social gathering had already introduced that the swearing-in ceremony of the brand new authorities will happen on December 12, the place Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah can be current together with chief ministers of BJP-ruled states.

Gujarat BJP chief C R Patil had mentioned that Bhupendra Patel would proceed because the chief minister and the swearing-in ceremony of the brand new authorities will happen on Monday on the Helipad Ground in Gandhinagar.
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GANDHINAGAR: Bhupendra Patel will proceed because the chief minister of Gujarat for a second straight time period with the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs electing him because the chief of the legislative social gathering throughout a gathering right here on Saturday.

Patel’s title was declared because the chief of the legislative social gathering unanimously on the assembly held on the social gathering’s state headquarters ‘Kamalam.’

“The newly-elected MLAs met today at ‘Kamalam,’ where the proposal to name Bhupendra Patel as the chief minister of Gujarat was unanimously approved,” the BJP mentioned in a press release.

Patel, 60, had resigned because the chief minister alongside along with his total cabinet on Friday to pave the best way for the formation of a brand new authorities within the state after the BJP registered a landslide victory within the simply concluded Assembly elections.

Senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, B S Yediyurappa and Arjun Munda have been current for the assembly because the social gathering’s central observers.

Patel gained a second straight time period from the Ghatlodia Assembly seat within the Ahmedabad district by 1.92 lakh votes on this yr’s election.

In September final yr, he changed Vijay Rupani because the chief minister.

The BJP registered a historic victory in Gujarat by clinching 156 seats within the 182-member House on Thursday, a lot greater than its tally of 99 seats in 2017.

The social gathering had already introduced that the swearing-in ceremony of the brand new authorities will happen on December 12, the place Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah can be current together with chief ministers of BJP-ruled states.

Gujarat BJP chief C R Patil had mentioned that Bhupendra Patel would proceed because the chief minister and the swearing-in ceremony of the brand new authorities will happen on Monday on the Helipad Ground in Gandhinagar.ALSO READ | Record win exhibits Gujarat is a Modi citadel, micro-managed by him