In a shock transfer, Bhupendrabhai Patel was on Sunday elected as the brand new chief minister of Gujarat. The essential choice was taken at a gathering of BJP leaders in Gandhinagar whereby Patel was unanimously elected BJP legislature occasion chief. Patel gained the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections from Ghatlodia constituency, defeating Congress candidate Shashikant Patel by over one lakh votes, the very best successful margin within the 2017 Gujarat polls.

Post the announcement, Patel advised reporters that he was grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda, and Union minister Amit Shah for the belief they reposed in him. He mentioned he was additionally grateful to the belief reposed in him by the Gujarat management, together with outgoing CM Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel, CR Paatil and different leaders. He mentioned the blessing of former CM Anandiben Patel was with him on a regular basis.

“The government has worked well so that development reaches the last person. We will plan anew and discuss with the organization to take forward the development works,” the brand new chief minister mentioned.

Patel will succeed Vijay Rupani, who resigned from his submit on Saturday, in a sudden announcement nearly a 12 months earlier than the state goes to polls. He met the governor Acharya Devvrat at Raj Bhavan late Sunday and staked declare to kind the federal government. Patel can be sworn-in on Monday. The ceremony will start at 2.20 pm.

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BJP had appointed Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Joshi as central observers for the legislature occasion assembly to elect the brand new chief minister. Tomar met state BJP chief CR Paatil on Sunday morning.

“Bhupendra Patel has been elected as the new leader of BJP legislative party. He will be sworn in as the Gujarat CM soon,” Union Minister and BJP’s Gujarat in-charge Tomar mentioned after the occasion’s legislative assembly.

Rupani (65), the fourth chief minister to demit workplace in BJP-ruled states throughout the coronavirus pandemic, was sworn in as chief minister – his second stint as CM – in December 2017. , following the resignation of incumbent Anandiben Patel, and continued within the workplace after the BJP’s victory within the 2017 Assembly elections.

Rupani mentioned Bhupendra Patel is “capable” whereas exuding confidence of BJP’s win within the upcoming meeting election.

“Bhupendra Patel is capable. We believe BJP will win the upcoming elections in the state under his leadership,” he mentioned.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated Bhupendrabhai Patel and hoped that the state’s improvement journey will get new vitality and momentum with this choice.

NITIN PATEL MISSES THE BUS AGAIN?

Deputy CM Nitin Patel, who has as soon as once more missed the bus, mentioned he has seen many ups and downs, and asserted that no person can “throw him out” as he lives in individuals’s coronary heart. Patel, whereas addressing individuals throughout a operate in Mehsana city on Sunday night, additionally mentioned in a lighter vein that he was not the one one who had missed the bus as there have been “many others” like him.

There was hypothesis that he was sad after Bhupendra Patel was chosen as the subsequent chief minister in a gathering of BJP MLAs on the occasion headquarters ‘Kamalam’ in Gandhinagar on Sunday, a day after Vijay Rupani tendered his resignation from the highest submit. Before that, Nitin Patel, who represents the Mehsana Assembly constituency, was being seen as one of many prime contenders for the submit. However, Patel mentioned there was no substance in such claims.

A LOOK AT BHUPENDRABHAI PATEL’S PROFILE

• He is a first-time MLA from Ghatlodia seat, which was earlier held by Anandiben Patel.
• Fondly referred to as ‘Dada’ by many (Rupani is named ‘Bhai’), Patel is taken into account near former Gujarat chief minister and current Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel. His Assembly constituency is a part of the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat represented by Union Minister Amit Shah.
• Earlier, Bhupendrabhai Patel served as a municipal councillor in Ahmedabad. He has served because the chairman of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) and used to go the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation standing committee.
• He holds a diploma in civil engineering.
• According to a political observer, Bhupendra Patel’s title was not within the lengthy record of probables being mentioned in state political circles and in a method the primary time period MLA emerged because the darkish horse.
• He belongs to the influential Patel neighborhood.
• Patel has by no means held a ministerial submit, identical to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was by no means a minister when he grew to become Gujarat CM 20 years in the past. Modi was sworn in as CM on October 7, 2001, and have become an MLA on February 24, 2002, by successful the Rajkot seat bypoll.
• A soft-spoken chief, Patel has had a meteoric rise in state politics, beginning on the municipality stage. He contested his maiden Assembly election in 2017 and gained Ghatlodia constituency in Ahmedabad by over 1.17 lakh votes, the very best victory margin within the state throughout that election.

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