73-year-old Patel, who was Revenue,
Urban Development and
Disaster Management Minister in the Modi Cabinet, was administered oath of
office and secrecy by Governor Kamla Beniwal.
Along with Patel, six ministers of Cabinet rank and
14 Ministers of State were also sworn-in at a ceremony. Patel was elected
leader of Gujarat BJP Legislature Party yesterday after Modi's resignation as
Chief Minister following a 12-year stint.
The six Cabinet Ministers who were sworn-in are
Nitin Patel, Raman Vora, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Saurabh Patel, Ganpat Vasava
and Babu Bokharia.
Dilip Thakor, Vasuben Trivedi, Pradipsinh Jadeja,
Chatrasinh Mori, Jaydrathsinh Parmar, Rajnikant Patel, Govind Patel, Nanu
Vanani, Jayanti Kavadia, Jayesh Radadia were sworn in as Ministers of State.
Four new faces inducted as MoS are- Shankar
Chaudhary, Tarachand Cheda, Bachubhai Khabad and Kanti Gamit.
Three MoS in the Modi government including Purshottam
Solanki, who has charges of corruption against him, Parbat Patel and Vasan Ahir
were dropped.
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