- Patel will be sworn in as the 18th chief minister at a function at the Helipad ground near the new secretariat in Gandhinagar on December 12.
NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, DEC 10
Gujarat caretaker Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday met Governor Acharya Devvrat and staked a claim to form a government after he was elected as the leader of the BJP legislative party, two days after the party won a record mandate in the state elections.
आज राजभवन में प्रदेश भाजपा अध्यक्ष श्री सी. आर. पाटिल ने श्री भूपेंद्रभाई पटेल को भारतीय जनता पार्टी विधायक दल का सर्वसम्मत नेता चयनित किए जाने का पत्र प्रस्तुत किया। श्री भूपेंद्रभाई पटेल को 12-12-2022 को दोपहर 2:00 बजे मुख्यमंत्री पद की शपथ लेने के लिए आमंत्रित किया। pic.twitter.com/m9YM92D87z
— Acharya Devvrat (@ADevvrat) December 10, 2022
Patel reached Raj Bhavan soon after he was elected as the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislative party at a meeting earlier in the day.
As per S. 73 of Representation of People Act 1951, ECI issued notification of names of newly elected members of Gujarat Vidhan Sabha along with party affiliation, presented to Hon'ble Governor Shri Acharya Devvrat by ECI officials. pic.twitter.com/iBnzZyii9K
— Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat (@CEOGujarat) December 10, 2022
Gujarat BJP chief CR Paatil accompanied Patel to Raj Bhavan.
Patel will be sworn in as the 18th chief minister at a function at the Helipad ground near the new secretariat in Gandhinagar on December 12.
માનનીય પ્રધાનમંત્રી શ્રી @narendramodi જી અને કેન્દ્રીય ગૃહ અને સહકાર મંત્રી શ્રી @AmitShah જીની વિશેષ ઉપસ્થિતિમાં મુખ્યમંત્રી તરીકે શ્રી @Bhupendrapbjp જીનો શપથ સમારોહ
તારીખ: 12 ડિસેમ્બર, 2022
સમય: બપોરે 12:00 કલાકે
સ્થળ: સચિવાલય હેલિપેડ ગ્રાઉન્ડ, નવા સચિવાલય, ગાંધીનગર pic.twitter.com/asXKNIEvi0— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) December 10, 2022
He had replaced Vijay Rupani as the chief minister of Gujarat in September 2021 ahead of the Assembly elections.
MLAs Kanu Desai, Ganpat Vasava, Harsh Sanghavi, Jitu Vaghani and Purnesh Modi among others were also present when Patel handed over the letter staking the claim to form a government to the governor. Patel, 60, resigned as the chief minister along with his entire cabinet on Friday to pave the way for the formation of a new government in the state after the BJP registered a record victory in the just-concluded Assembly elections by clinching 156 seats in the 182-member House.
First Assembly sans Leader of the Opposition
In a record of sorts, Congress has won only 17 seats, which is less than 10 percent of the total number of seats. Thus, there will be no post of Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. Further, over 40 Congress candidates have lost their deposits
