Highlights: Bhupendra Patel takes oath as Gujarat CM, check his cabinet here

Bhupendra Patel took the oath as Gujarat chief minister for a second straight term and along with his 16 MLAs were sworn-in in the state capital Gandhinagar.

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bhupendra Patel on Monday (December 12) took oath as the Chief Minister of Gujarat in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and other dignitaries. Patel was administered the oath as the 18th chief minister by Governor Acharya Devvrat at a function that was held at the Helipad Ground near the new Secretariat at 2 PM in Gandhinagar. Besides Modi and Shah, chief ministers of other BJP-ruled states also attended the ceremony.

A low-profile BJP leader and the first from the Kadva Patidar sub-group to become CM, Patel had replaced Vijay Rupani in September 2021.

Meanwhile, BJP MLAs Harsh Sanghavi and Jagdish Vishwakarma took oath as minister of state (Independent charge), while Parshottam Solanki, Bachubhai Khabad, Mukesh Patel, Praful Pansheriya, Bhikhusinh Parmar and Kunvarji Halpati were administered the oath as minister of state.

BJP leaders Kanubhai Desai, Rushikesh Patel, Raghavji Patel, Kuvarji Bavaliya, Mulubhai Bera, Kuber Dindor, Bhanuben Babariya, and Balwantsinh Rajput also took oath as cabinet ministers.

In the just-concluded Gujarat Assembly elections, Patel won the Ghatlodia seat with the highest margin of 1.92 lakh votes. 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.

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12 December 2022

18:54 IST

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel's Cabinet

Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath to Bhupendra Patel as well as 16 newly elected MLAs. Patel's

• Kanubhai Mohanlal Desai  (Cabinet Minister)
• Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel  (Cabinet Minister)
• Patel Raghavjibhai Hansrajbhai (Cabinet Minister)
• Balvantsinh Chandan Singh Rajput (Cabinet Minister) 
• Kunwarji Mohanbhai Babariya  (Cabinet Minister)
• Mulubhai Haridasbhai Bera  (Cabinet Minister) 
• Kuberbhai Mansukhbhai Dindor  (Cabinet Minister) 
• Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babariya (Cabinet Minister)
• Harsh Rameshkumar Sanghvi (State Minister - Independent Charge)
• Jagdish Vishwakarma  (State Minister - Independent Charge) 
• Purshottambhai Solanki  (State Minister) 
• Khabar Bachubhai Maganbhai (State Minister) 
• Mukeshbhai Patel (State Minister) 
• Bhikhusinh Parmar (State Minister)
• Praful Pansheriya   (State Minister)  
• Kunwarjibhai Halpati (State Minister)  
• Naresh Patel

16:23 IST

Bhupendra Patel's Cabinet ministers in the first list

The ministers include in Gujarat CM Bhu[endra Patel's new cabinet are Kanu Desai, Rishikesh Patel, Raghvji Patel, Balvantsinh Rajput, Kunvarji Bavaliya, Mulu Bera, Kuber Dindor, and Bhanuben Babariya. Harsh Sanghvi and Jagdish Vishwakarma were sworn in as ministers of state with an independent charge.