ANANDIBEN
PATEL SWORN-IN AS GUJARAT FIRST WOMAN CM
Anandiben Patel,
a close Narendra Modi associate, was today sworn-in as first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat.
73-year-old Patel, who was Revenue, Urban
Development and Disaster Management Minister in the Modi Cabinet, was
administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor Kamla Beniwal.
Along with Patel, six ministers of Cabinet rank and 14 Ministers of State were
also sworn-in at a ceremony attended by a galaxy of top BJP leaders including
Prime Minister-elect Modi, BJP president Rajnath Singh, party patriarch L K
Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj, Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari and
Subramanian Swamy.
Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal of Shiromani Akali Dal, an NDA ally,
and BJP Chief Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Vasundhara Raje
Scindia (Rajasthan) and Raman Singh (Chhattisgarh) were also present.
Patel was elected leader of Gujarat BJP Legislature Party yesterday after
Modi's resignation as Chief Minister following a 12-year stint.
The six Cabinet Ministers who were sworn-in are Nitin Patel, Raman Vora,
Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Saurabh Patel, Ganpat Vasava and Babu Bokharia.
Dilip Thakor, Vasuben Trivedi, Pradipsinh Jadeja, Chatrasinh Mori, Jaydrathsinh
Parmar, Rajnikant Patel, Govind Patel, Nanu Vanani, Jayanti Kavadia, Jayesh
Radadia were sworn in as Ministers of State.
Four new faces inducted as MoS are- Shankar Chaudhary, Tarachand Cheda,
Bachubhai Khabad and Kanti Gamit.
Three MoS in the Modi government including Purshottam Solanki, who has charges
of corruption against him, Parbat Patel and Vasan Ahir were dropped.
Portfolios of the ministers are likely to be announced later in the day.
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