Bhupendra Patel Takes Oath as Gujarat Chief Minister; PM Modi Attends Ceremony
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Gandhinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bhupendra Patel on Monday, December 12, took oath as the chief minister of Gujarat for a second straight term in Gandhinagar in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Patel was administered the oath as the 18th chief minister by governor Acharya Devvrat at a function held at the Helipad Ground near the new Secretariat.
In the Gujarat assembly elections, counting for which was held on December 8, the BJP won a seventh straight term by winning record 156 seats in the 182-member House. The Congress won 17 constituencies and the Aam Aadmi Party won five seats.
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Patel, 60, resigned as chief minister along with his entire cabinet on December 9 to pave the way for the formation of a new government after the election results.
He was elected as the leader of the BJP legislative party on December 10, following which he met the governor and staked the claim to form the next government.
Patel won the Ghatlodia seat with the highest margin of 1.92 lakh votes in the elections.
A low-profile BJP leader and the first from the Kadva Patidar sub-group to become chief minister, Patel replaced Vijay Rupani in September 2021.
(PTI)
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