Several top BJP leaders attended the oath taking ceremony held in Gandhinagar.
Several top BJP leaders attended the oath taking ceremony held in Gandhinagar.
Ahmedabad: Vijay Rupani was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on Sunday at the oath taking ceremony held in Gandhinagar. Nitin Patel took oath as his Deputy Chief Minister.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley attended the oath taking ceremony.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bharat Pandey had earlier said that the group of BJP MLAs including BJP MP in Rajya Sabha Parsottambhai Rupala and former chief minister Aandiben Patel would be meeting Governor O.P. Kohli on Sunday to tender a proposal containing the name of Rupani and Patel to appoint them as Chief Minister and deputy Chief Minister respectively.
He expressed hope that Rupani and Nitin will carry the legacy, inherited from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to make Gujarat a 'symbol of development'.
-"Vijay Rupani and Nitin Patel are one of our excellent workers, we have the required strength in the assembly and we also have the confidence our MLAs and I am confident that people of Gujarat will accept them as their leader,-" he said.
BJP state unit chief Vijay Rupani was appointed as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat while Health Minister Nitin Patel was appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister on Friday.
Thanking Prime Minister Modi and BJP President Amit Shah for reposing faith in him, Rupani, asserted that his team is fully committed to harnessing aspirations of the poor, marginalised, farmers and youngsters.
In a crucial meeting attended by BJP Chief Amit Shah and Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari at the party headquarters in the state, the decision to make Rupani as the next Chief Minister was announced.
Earlier, the BJP central leadership made it clear that a state MLA would be assigned the job.
Anandiben Patel had tendered her resignation to the Governor earlier on Wednesday.
The Governor has asked her to continue as the care taker chief minster till the alternate arrangement.
(This article first appeared in Deccan Chronicle)
