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NATION SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 | The Indian Eye 8

New Chief minister, new Cabinet

assume charge as bJP tries to

maintain power in Gujarat

Former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and his entire Cabinet shown the door as the

party infuses young ministers in the government

Our Bureau
New Delhi

total of 24 ministers
took oath on Thursday
A as part of the Gujarat
Cabinet’s swearing-in ceremo-
ny. Gujarat Governor Acharya
Devvrat administered the oath
to the newly inducted ministers
at Raj Bhawan in Gandhinagar
in the presence of Chief Minis-
ter Bhupendra Patel and former
CM Vijay Rupani. Rajendra
Trivedi, the former Speaker of
State Assembly, was also induct-
ed as minister in the Cabinet.
Harsh Sanghvi, Jagdish Pan-
chal, Brijesh Merja, Jitu Choud-
hary, Manisha Vakil, Kanubhai
Desai, Kiritsinh Rana, Naresh
Patel, Pradip Parmar, Arjunsinh
Chauhan, Jitu Vaghani, Rushi- Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat administers the oath of office and secrecy to
kesh Patel, Purnesh Modi, Ra- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel (ANI)
ghavji Patel, Mukesh Patel, Ni-
misha Suthar, Arvind Raiyani,
Kuber Dindor, Kirtisinh Va- anti-incumbency sentiments in the BJP and give more op- Narendra Modi on Thursday
against Vijay Rupani govern- portunities to the various peo-
said the 24 ministers who took
ghela, Ganjedra Parmar, Ragh- ment, Gujarat BJP in-charge Bh- ple from different social back- oath as part of Chief Minister
vbhai Makwana, Vinod Mora- upender Yadav said on Thursday grounds, the party is adopting Bhupendra Patel’s cabinet are
dia, Devabhai Malam have
been sworn-in as the ministers that the appointment of first- a new tradition,” he added. “outstanding Karyakartas” who
in Gujarat’s cabinet. time Chief Minister and cabinet Denying the news of outgo- have devoted their lives to pub-
Earlier on Monday, Bhu- ministers is to give opportuni- ing ministers disappointed with lic service.
ties to new leaders in the party. the party for their removal from
“Congratulations to all Party
pendra Patel took oath as the Congratulating Gujarat’s the post, the BJP Gujarat in colleagues who have taken oath
17th Chief Minister of Gujarat. new CM Bhupendra Patel and charge said, “The decision was as Ministers in the Gujarat Gov-
The party is counting on Patel newly-inducted ministers, the taken after deliberation with the ernment. These are outstanding
to shore up the party’s fortunes
ahead of the assembly elections Union minister said, “The BJP outgoing ministers and they were Karyakartas who have devoted
towards the end of next year. In works as a team. Therefore, present during the swearing-in their lives to public service and
the 2017 state election, the BJP the way the party works with ceremony of the new ministers.” spreading our Party’s develop-
He also said that the party
ment agenda. Best wishes for a
consistency and continuity, it
won 99 of the state’s 182 As- is the responsibility of the par- would win the upcoming elec- fruitful tenure ahead,” tweeted
sembly seats and Congress got ty to provide a platform for a tion in 2022 with a 3/4th majority. PM Modi.
77 seats. new bunch of leaders.” “In or- Congratulating the new Gu- Meanwhile, Gujarat Con-
Denying the presence of
der to groom new leadership jarat Cabinet, Prime Minister Continued on next page... >>

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