Bhupendra Patel Cabinet Reshuffled, 25 Inducted
The Sunday mail
Ahmedabad. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has carried out a major reshuffle in the cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gujarat amid the Bihar elections. Bhupendra Patel’s cabinet now includes 25 ministers. Six of the existing ministers have been given opportunities and retained. The maximum number of cabinet members in the state can be 27. Previously, the number of ministers was 16. Nine more ministers have been added compared to the previous government, but prominent figures like Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor, and Jayesh Radadiya have not found a place in the cabinet.
At the swearing-in ceremony held at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on Friday, 10 former ministers were replaced, leaving 19 new ministers in the cabinet. Women’s representation has also been increased in the new cabinet. Team India cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba Jadeja and former minister Manisha Vakil have been inducted. Arjun Modhwadia, a prominent state leader who joined the BJP from the Congress, was appointed a minister. Furthermore, former IPS officer PC Baranda has been included in Bhupendra Patel’s team. Morbi MLA Kantibhai Amritia has also been appointed a minister.
Those who received positions in the new cabinet include:
Trikam Chhanga, Swarupji Thakor, Praveen Kumar Mali, Rishikesh Patel, PC Baranda, Darshan M. Vaghela, Kantilal Amritia, Kunwarjibhai Bavaliya, Rivaba Jadeja, Arjun Modhwadia, Dr. Pradhuman Vaja, Kaushik Vekaria, Parshottam Solanki, Jitendra Vaghani, Ramanbhai Solanki, Kamleshbhai Patel, Sanjaysinh Mahida, Ramesh Katara, Manisha Vakil, Ishwarsinh Patel, Prafull Pansheriya, Harsh Sanghvi, Jairambhai Gamit, Naresh Patel, and Kanubhai Desai।
