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Tag: Gujarat Politics

First-term MLA Bhupendra Patel Takes Over Baton as 17th CM:Gujarat

(Gandhinagar, Guj)First-term MLA Bhupendra Patel Takes Over Baton as 17th CM:Gujarat .Patel (59), unanimously elected BJP legislature party leader on Sunday, was sworn in as the state’s 17th chief minister by Governor Acharya Devvrat at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan.Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Goa CM Pramod Sawant and Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai were present,Patel’s predecessor Vijay Rupani and former deputy chief minister Nitin Patel were among those present at the ceremony.As decided by the party, only Patel took the oath. The council of ministers will take oath during the !next few days after their names are finalised, BJP sources said.
The Patidars are a dominant caste in Gujarat with a sizeable control over the electoral votes and dominate the political economy with a stronghold over education, realty and cooperative sectors.
Patel’s elevation – he is the first from the Patidar sub-group to be chief minister – is key to BJP’s plans to woo the Kadva Patidar community, which some political observers feel, has drifted away from the party.
He is a trustee of Sardardham, the Patidar community organisation that hosted the programme where Modi was the chief guest on Saturday.
Born in Ahmedabad, Patel is an MLA from the Ghatlodia seat, previously held by former chief minister and now Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel. He won the seat by over 1.17 lakh votes in 2017, the highest margin in that poll. Ghatlodia is part of the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency represented by Shah.
Patel has never held a ministerial post, just like Modi, who was never a minister when he became Gujarat CM 20 years ago. Modi was sworn in as CM on October 7, 2001, and became an MLA on February 24, 2002, by winning a bypoll.

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

Priyanka Gandhi Bats For ‘Arrested’ Hardik Patel

(New Delhi)Priyanka Gandhi Bats For ‘Arrested’ Hardik Patel
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday accused the BJP of repeatedly harassing party leader Hardik Patel
Hardik has been arrested for failing to appear before a court in a 2015 sedition case.
The Congress general secretary said Patel has been fighting for the employment of youth and the rights of farmers.
The BJP is repeatedly harassing Patel, Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
Patel was arrested on Saturday night from Viramgam taluka in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district for failing to appear before a trial court in connection with the sedition case, hours after a warrant was issued against him.

Rahul Bouncing Anandiben Over Modi ‘Says ‘Scapegoat’Won’t Save BJP in Gujarat

[New Delhi]Rahul Bouncing Anandiben Over Modi ‘Says This Scapegoat’ Won’t Save BJP in Gujarat
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi,These days, Leave No Opportunity To Attack Over PM Narendra Modi Congress party has been out of power in the Gujarat for over two decades.After Panchayat polls The Party got encouragements in Panchayat elctions
A day after Anandiben Patel decided to step down as Chief Minister, he said making her a “scapegoat” would not save the BJP in Gujarat as the 13-year Narendra Modi rule in the state was responsible for its “burning”.
Rahul Tweeted on his official Twitter handle
“13 years of Modi rule, not 2 years of Anandiben are responsible for Gujarat burning. Sacrificing the scapegoat won’t save the BJP,”
The Gujarat Chief Minister yesterday decided to step down, saying it was time for new the leadership to take over as she is soon going to turn 75.
Assembly elections in Gujarat are scheduled by the end of next year and Congress is upbeat as it had put up a good showing in the rural areas in the western state’s Panchayat elections.
The state has been witnessing an agitation by the Patidar community to fulfil their quota demand while
Dalits are up in arms after seven persons from their community were flogged by a group at Una for skinning a dead cow.
Terming Patel’s resignation as “overdue”, Congress had yesterday accused the BJP leadership of trying to protect her in spite of “growing unrest” among Dalits and the Patidar community over her handling of issues related to them.
All India Congress Committee General Secretary, in-charge of Gujarat, Gurudas Kamat also said if she is made a Governor of any state or accommodated into the Union cabinet, then it will amount to rubbing salt on the wounds of Dalits and the Patidar community.