PM Modi, Amit Shah, BJP bigwigs to attend Bhupendra Patel’s oath ceremony in Gujarat tomorrow

Bhupendra Patel is set to be sworn in as chief minister on Monday, following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s resounding victory in the recently held state assembly elections. The ceremony will be attended by prominent BJP leaders such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, among others.

According to sources, the swearing-in ceremony will take place on Monday at 2 p.m. Here’s what to expect at Bhupendra Patel’s inauguration tomorrow:

• Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, will attend Bhupendra Patel’s inauguration ceremony. According to a source, CM Yogi will leave Lucknow for Gujarat at 9:45 a.m.
• BJP’s Gujarat unit president CR Patil told India Today that an invitation has been sent to Governor Acharya Devvrat to attend the event on December 12. He said that a legislative meeting would be convened prior to the event.
• Patel will be administered the oath as the 18th chief minister by Governor Acharya Devvrat at a function to be held at the Helipad Ground near the new Secretariat in Gandhinagar at 2 pm.
• Earlier, Patil said that over six MLAs supported the decision to induct Patel as the succeeding CM after Kanubhai Desai had named him as the Gujarat CM’s face.
• Several BJP Parliamentary members including PM Modi, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and JP Nadda will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bhupendra Patel in Gujarat tomorrow. Chief ministers of other BJP-ruled states are set to attend the swearing-in ceremony, BJP sources said.
• Along with Patel, some new ministers are also expected to take oath tomorrow.

BHUPENDRA PATEL TO TAKE OATH AS GUJARAT CM

Patel resigned as chief minister and his entire cabinet on Friday, clearing the way for the formation of a new government in the aftermath of the election results. On Saturday, Patel was elected as the legislative party’s leader. He met with the governor and staked his claim to form the next administration.

Patel won the Ghatlodia seat by the widest margin in the elections, with 1.92 lakh votes. Patel, a low-profile BJP leader and the first from the Kadva Patidar sub-group to become Chief Minister, took over from Vijay Rupani in September 2021. This will be Patel’s second term as Gujarat’s chief minister. The BJP won a record 156 seats in the 182-member House in the recently concluded Gujarat Assembly elections, with counting taking place on December 8.

The BJP hasn’t lost a state election in Gujarat since 1995. The Congress won 17 constituencies and in its maiden fight in the state, the Aam Aadmi Party won 5.