Incumbent Vijay Rupani will take oath as Gujarat Chief Mminister for a second term on December 26 at a ceremony which is likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharataiya Janta Party (BJP) President Amit Shah. His deputy Nitin Patel and the council of ministers will also take oath at the ceremony planned at 11 am at Gandhinagar Sachivalaya Ground.
Incumbent Vijay Rupani will take oath as Gujarat Chief Mminister for a second term on December 26 at a ceremony which is likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharataiya Janta Party (BJP) President Amit Shah. His deputy Nitin Patel and the council of ministers will also take oath at the ceremony planned at 11 am at Gandhinagar Sachivalaya Ground.
Chief Ministers of all the BJP ruled states have also been invited as guests to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Yesterday, BJP announced that Rupani, a confidante of party chief Amit Shah, would continue as the Gujarat chief minister for a second term.
The announcement was made by Union minister Arun Jaitley, the party's central observer, after a meeting of state BJP legislature party here.
"A proposal to elect Rupani as leader of state BJP legislature party and Nitin Patel as deputy leader of state legislature party has been adopted," Jaitley told a press conference. Patel is the incumbent deputy chief minister.
Though the BJP retained power in the key western state for a record sixth straight term, there was speculation about Rupani's continuance due to the party's narrow victory over challenger Congress.
Rupani's proximity to the top party leadership, his clean and caste neutral image apparently tilted the scales in his favour.
The BJP won 99 seats in the 182-member Assembly, the first time its tally slipped below hundred since 1995, while the Congress clocked its best in many years clinching 77. Together with its allies, the Congress has the backing of 80 MLAs.
(With PTI inputs)
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