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Vijay Rupani Resigns to Handover Baton for Assembly Elections

(Ahmedabad)Vijay Rupani  Resigns to Handover Baton for Assembly Elections,Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday resigned from the post, over a year before the state goes to polls.,Rupani (65) was sworn in as chief minister his second stint as CM – in December 2017.
“I have resigned as chief minister of Gujarat, Rupani told reporters after meeting Governor Acharya Devvrat and submitting his resignation letter.
Asked about reasons for his resignation, Rupani said, In BJP, it is like a relay race for party workers. One gives the baton to the other. On who will be the next chief minister, Rupani said that the party will decide about it.
He denied that he had any differences with state BJP president C R Paatil.
Rupani comes from the Jain community which has around two per cent population in the state. There is speculation that his successor may be from the patidar community