New Delhi: As Gujarat gears up for next year’s municipal elections and 2027 assembly polls, the BJP has once again turned to what political observers call the “Modi formula” to beat anti-incumbency—changing leaders and bringing fresh faces into governance to balance regions and communities, and maintain political dominance.

On Friday, the party changed Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s government and inducted 19 ministers into the new cabinet while keeping six from the previous team. Unlike the past, when chief ministers were also removed during cabinet overhauls, this time the chief minister has been spared.

Party leaders said Patel’s first cabinet restructuring since he began his second term three years ago was prompted by three factors: anti-incumbency sentiment, non-performance a

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