CM Patel will also hold the charge of General Administration Department, Information and Broadcast, Capital Projects, Urban Development among others, an official release said.
According to Gujarat BJP leaders, the move was initiated to bring in fresh energy into the administration ahead of 2022 elections and to beat chances of anti-incumbency.
Prashnam finds that BJP strategy could pay off in the longer run, though, since Patidars prefer an unknown community leader over a known non-Patidar such as Vijay Rupani.
In interview with ThePrint, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, who was the BJP observer in Gujarat, also said new CM Bhupendra Patel was the most acceptable face in the state.
Heavy rains battered parts of Saurashtra region Monday and low-lying areas got flooded. Patel has instructed the authorities to airlift stranded people in rain-hit Jamnagar district.
Patel, unanimously elected BJP legislature party leader, was sworn in as the state's 17th CM by Governor Acharya Devvrat. Amit Shah was among those present at the ceremony.
Patel, a first-time MLA, was picked to replace Vijay Rupani, who resigned. He has worked with Modi when he was Gujarat CM, but never served as minister.
Bhupendra Patel is a low-profile first-time MLA, but has been selected to lead the BJP into next year’s assembly polls instead of Vijay Rupani, who resigned a day before.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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