: Bhupendra Patel is Gujarat’s new chief minister #IndiaNEWS Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bhupendra Patel was chosen as the new chief minister of Gujarat on Sunday. This came a day after Vijay Rupani

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Bhupendra Patel is Gujarat’s new chief minister #IndiaNEWS
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bhupendra Patel was chosen as the new chief minister of Gujarat on Sunday. This came a day after Vijay Rupani had stepped down from the post along with his entire Cabinet.Patel was elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party after a meeting in state capital Gandhinagar. He will be sworn in on Monday, BJP’s Gujarat unit chief CR Patil said at a press conference, PTI reported. The new Cabinet will be formed after consultation with the senior leaders in a few days, the state unit head added.Bhupendra Patel is a first-time MLA who won the Ghatlodia seat in the 2017 Assembly elections. He defeated Congress candidate Shashikant Patel by more than 1.17 lakh votes, the highest winning margin in the polls.The 59-year-old is a protege of former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, who is currently the governor of Uttar Pradesh, The Hindu reported. The Ghatlodia seat was also held earlier by Anandiben Patel.Bhupendra Patel had served as the chairman of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority between 2015 and 2017. Between 2010 and 2015, he was also the chairman of the Standing Committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, the largest urban local body in Gujarat.Gujarat BJP legislature party meeting Union ministers Pralhad Joshi, Narendra Singh Tomar, Bhupendra Yadav and Mansukh Mandaviya...Read more

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