Vijay Rupani has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat on Sunday. Governor O.P.Kohli administered the oath for the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel.
Eight Cabinet-rank ministers, including Nitin Patel, and 16 Ministers of State were also sworn-in.
Bhupendrasinh Chudasama & Ganpat Vasava have taken oath as cabinet ministers. Chimanbhai Saparia, Atmaram Parmar, Dilip Thakor, Jayesh Radadia and Babubhai Bokhiria were also sworn in.
Jasabhai Barad, Purushottam Solani, Jayantibhai Kavadia, Shankar Chaidhary and Pradipsinh Jadeja have been sworn in as Ministers of State.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, senior BJP leader L K Advani and BJP Chief Amit Shah were present during the ceremony held in Gandhinagar.
Chief Ministers of Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were also present. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Vijay Rupani and other members of his team, saying they would “continue the development journey” of the state.
In a separate tweet, the Prime Minister also applauded the services of Anandiben Patel who had stepped down from the top post on Wednesday.