The resignations come a day ahead of a planned expansion of Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel’s cabinet which is scheduled to take place at 11.30 am on Friday.
Gujarat cabinet reshuffle: All 16 ministers, except Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, submitted their resignations on Thursday, a day ahead of the planned Gujarat cabinet reshuffle, BJP sources said. “Resignations of all the 16 ministers have been taken by the party. Except for chief minister Patel, all the ministers have resigned,” a source was quoted as sayin, according to news agency PTI.
The resignations come a day ahead of a planned expansion of Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel’s cabinet which is scheduled to take place at 11.30 am on Friday, according to an official release.
The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Mahatma Mandir in state capital Gandhinagar, it said, adding that Governor Acharya Devvratji will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the designated ministers included in this expansion of the State Cabinet during the ceremony.
Currently, there are 17 members in Gujarat’s council of ministers, including CM Patel. Eight of them are cabinet-rank ministers while the others are Ministers of State (MoS).
The BJP-ruled state, which has a 182-member assembly, can have a maximum of 27 ministers (15 per cent of the strength of the House).
Bhupendra Patel became chief minister of Gujarat for the second time on December 12, 2022.
Earlier this month, MoS Jagdish Vishwakarma became the new president of the state Bharatiya Janata Party unit, replacing Union minister C R Paatil.
(With inputs from agencies)
