Gandhinagar: Party Bharatiya Janata (BJP) MLA Bhupendra Patel will be the Chairman of the New Gujarat Minister.
Patel (55) unanimously was chosen as the leader of the BJP legislative party on Sunday.
His name was proposed by CM Vijay Rupani, who resigned from the post on Saturday.
Patel has won the 2017 Gujarat Assembly election of the Ghatlodia constituency.
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Rupani’s exit came after exploring the country for five years and 36 days, and with more than a year to go for assembly polls.
His departure, “Bhupendra Patel was chosen as a new leader of the BJP Legislative Party,” URI Minister and Tomar Gujarat-in-Charge BJP after the party’s legislative meeting.
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Assembly polls in the country The scheduled section will take place in 2022.
https://t.co/6LL4RW2QIBAD (@TOAHMedabad) 1631443902000RUPANI take over as cm Gujarat on August 7, 2016.
He currently represents the Western Rajkot Gujarat as MLA.
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Rupani exit came after facilitating the country for five years and 36 days and with more than a year to go for the 2017 state selection, BJP won 99 assembly chairs 182 countries, Congress Men can be 77 seats).
(With agency input)