The new cabinet of the Minister of Chief Bhupendra Patel clearly has a South Gujarat stamp and BJP President C r Paatil with seven MLA from the region.
With 2022 elections only 15 months, the new CM tried to balance the caste and regional equations with Roping in Patridar, Tribe, OBC and Brahmins in the new government.
The challenge clearly for the new ministers is the performance considering that no one has experience in government administration and a short time before the poll.
According to sources, this is the highest representation in the state government so far for South Gujarat and observers believe that veteran Paatil, parliamentarians from Navsari, plays an important role for the region.
There were three cabinet ministers, two state ministers (independent charge) and two state ministers from the region.
Importantly, Purnesh Modi from Surat East gets the main portfolio of roads and housing, transportation, civil aviation, tourism and Yatradham Vikas while Kanu Desai from Pardi received an important finance and energy department.
In BJP cadres, there are feelings of rejuvenation as much as possible that young faces will give their hearts and soul into public work.
Gujarat Tengah also saw the number of ministers doubling eight in the new cabinet.
The region only has four ministers in the government of Rupani which includes two of the city of Ahmedabad – Pradipshad Jadeja and Kaushik Patel.
However, new dispensation has eight ministers with Kheda also get a representation.
The city of Vadodara who only has Yogesh Patel as a minister, saw induction of Rajendra Trivedi and Sweetha Vakil for the first time, there were more than one minister of caste scheduled with the Sweetha Vakil Vakil and Asarwa MLA Pradip Parmar in the government.
Patidar, of course, among almost a third of the ministries with seven of the people who took an oath.
Interestingly, VISNAGAR MLA Rushikesh Patel, who has received Murka Patidars during the 2015 quota stir, was chosen to lead the Ministry of Health held by the previous Deputy CM Nitin Patel.
Both of the Mehsana District.
Also, Bhupendra Patel has compensated the decline of several senior ministers by providing opportunities for other MLA from their districts.
For example, while Veteran Bhupendrasinh Chudasama was dropped, Mehemdabad Mla Arjunsinh Chauhan received a coveted cabinet portfolio from rural development.
The colis, which formed many voter populations, received two ministers at Keshod Mla Deva Night and Mahuva MLA R C Makwana as senior Minister Kunvarji Bavaliya and strong human beings Purushottam Solanki was dropped.