Bhupendra Patel to be sworn-in as Gujarat Chief Minister tomorrow for second consecutive term

Gandhinagar, December 11

In Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel will take oath as a Chief Minister of the state for the second consecutive term tomorrow.

Mr. Patel was elected as leader of the BJP legislature party by the newly elected MLAs in the presence of party observers and senior leaders Rajnath Singh, Arjun Munda, and BS Yediyurappa yesterday in Gandhinagar.

After the meeting, Mr. Patel met Governor Acharya Devvrat at Raj Bhavan and staked a claim to form a new government, two days after the BJP won a record mandate in the assembly elections by winning 156 seats in the 182-member House.

He will take oath as the 18th chief minister of Gujarat at a function to be held at the Helipad ground in Gandhinagar. The function will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah along with chief ministers of BJP-ruled states.