The newly appointed cabinet of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel took the oath of office today at Raj Bhavan. The new council of ministers was sworn in by Governor Acharya Devvrat.
Rajendra Trivedi, Jitu Vaghani, Rishikesh Patel, Punesh Modi, Raghav Patel took the oath as ministers in the Gujarat cabinet on Thursday.
According to Media sources, Rishikesh Patel has replaced Nitin Patel who was the deputy Chief Minister Of Gujarat
Bhupendra Patel, who became MLA for the first time, was sworn in as Chief Minister of the state on Monday after a sudden change saw Vijay Rupani resigning from the CM post.
Meanwhile, the first cabinet meeting of the Council of Ministers, to be chaired by CM Bhupendra Patel, will take place today at 4.30 pm at Gandhinagar.
The dilemma about the oath-taking ceremony of new cabinet ministers remained a mystery as it was postponed twice on Wednesday. Tension was high in Gujarat Government as the New CM Bhupendra Patel wanted a change in the entire cabinet.
Ministers are sworn-in in the new cabinet of the Bhupendra Patel government today. Nearly 15 months later, assembly elections will be held in Gujarat.