The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat carried out a Cabinet reshuffle on Friday, with state Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi taking oath as the deputy chief minister and Rivaba Jadeja, cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife, being inducted as a minister.
This came a day after the entire state Cabinet, except Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, resigned.
The resignation of four ministers – Kanubhai Mohanlal Desai, Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel, Kunvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya and Parshottambhai Odhavjibhai Solanki – was not accepted.
They were retained in the new Cabinet along with Sanghvi and Praful Pansheriya, who is a state minister (independent charge).
Apart from them, 19 new ministers were administered the oath of office by Governor Acharya Devvrat in a ceremony attended by BJP National President JP Nadda.
Sanghvi, 40, became the youngest person to become the deputy chief minister in Gujarat.
The Gujarat Cabinet now includes eight ministers from the Other Backward Classes community, six Patidars, four members of the Scheduled Tribes and three from the Scheduled Castes, reported India Today. Three of the ministers are women.
The new ministers who were inducted are Trikam Chhang, Swaroopji Thakor, Praveen Mali, PC Baranda, Darshana Vaghela, Kantilal Amritiya, Arjun Modhwadia, Pradyumn Vaja, Kaushik Vekaria, Jitendrabhai Vaghani, Ramanbhai Solanki, Kamleshbhai Patel, Sanjay Singh Mahida, Rameshbhai Katara, Prafull Panseria, Manisha Vakil, Ishwarsinh Patel, Dr Jayrambhai Gamit and Nareshbhai Patel.
The 182-member Gujarat Assembly can have a maximum of 27 ministers.
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