Mumbai: A day after the entire Gujarat cabinet, except for Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, resigned from the cabinet, the state government Friday inducted a new council of ministers, expanding the cabinet numbers to 26 from the earlier 17.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has won Gujarat seven straight terms, also re-introduced the post of a Deputy CM in Friday’s reshuffle, elevating Majura MLA Harsh Sanghavi to the post from a minister of state rank in the previous cabinet.

On Friday, 21 ministers took oath at the Gujarat Raj Bhavan. On Thursday, while the entire cabinet was asked to tender their resignations, CM Patel did not accept the resignations of four ministers from the outgoing cabinet, who now did not have to take oath afresh. Show Full Article

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