Gujarat State New Ministers List 2017
A carefully crafted combination of Paatidars, tribal and OBC faces balanced with veterans and young guns
Vijay Rupani took oath as Gujarat's Chief Minister on Tuesday morning along with 19 other ministers in a grand ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and other party A-listers. As he landed in state capital Gandhinagar, the Prime Minister held a road show, waving from his car to cheering crowds lined up along the route of his convoy to the secretariat grounds, the venue of the oath ceremony.
The big show of strength and the carefully crafted new Gujarat cabinet signaled that, assembly elections over and its 6th successive term won, the BJP is already in prep mode for the 2019 general elections, when PM Modi will seek a second term. The BJP hopes to win all the state's 26 seats like it did in 2014, re-calibrating its strategy after its winning margin was considerably reduced in this month's assembly elections.
While the party has chosen status quo by retaining Vijay Rupani as Chief Minister and Nitin Patel as his deputy, 11 minister of the previous cabinet also find a place in the new one, while 9 ministers are new. There are seven ministers from Saurashtra, the area where the BJP lost most seats.
Six ministers in the 20-member cabinet are Patels or Paatidars, including Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, as the BJP moves to consolidate the support once more of the influential community, 14 per cent of Gujarat's voters and recently upset with the ruling party over their demand for reservation in government jobs and colleges not being met. Another six belong to backward castes or OBCs, also a key group which the Congress attempted to aggressively woo in the assembly elections.
PATIDARS IN THE GUJARAT CABINET
RC Faldu is from Saurashtra and a third-time MLA from Jamnagar South. Twice earlier he had held the post of former Gujarat BJP chief.
Kaushik Patel is a trusted associate of party chief Amit Shah. He contested from Naranpur constituency which was vacated by Amit Shah.
A carefully crafted combination of Paatidars, tribal and OBC faces balanced with veterans and young guns
Vijay Rupani took oath as Gujarat's Chief Minister on Tuesday morning along with 19 other ministers in a grand ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and other party A-listers. As he landed in state capital Gandhinagar, the Prime Minister held a road show, waving from his car to cheering crowds lined up along the route of his convoy to the secretariat grounds, the venue of the oath ceremony.
The big show of strength and the carefully crafted new Gujarat cabinet signaled that, assembly elections over and its 6th successive term won, the BJP is already in prep mode for the 2019 general elections, when PM Modi will seek a second term. The BJP hopes to win all the state's 26 seats like it did in 2014, re-calibrating its strategy after its winning margin was considerably reduced in this month's assembly elections.
Six ministers in the 20-member cabinet are Patels or Paatidars, including Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, as the BJP moves to consolidate the support once more of the influential community, 14 per cent of Gujarat's voters and recently upset with the ruling party over their demand for reservation in government jobs and colleges not being met. Another six belong to backward castes or OBCs, also a key group which the Congress attempted to aggressively woo in the assembly elections.
PATIDARS IN THE GUJARAT CABINET
RC Faldu is from Saurashtra and a third-time MLA from Jamnagar South. Twice earlier he had held the post of former Gujarat BJP chief.
Kaushik Patel is a trusted associate of party chief Amit Shah. He contested from Naranpur constituency which was vacated by Amit Shah.
Saurabh Patel has been a key link between previous BJP governments and industry leaders. He has been elected MLA for the 5th time and has handled the finance ministry during Narendra Modi and Anandiben Patel's tenures.
Jayeshbhai Vitthalbhai Radadiya is known to be a strongman from Saurashtra with considerable clout in his community. Despite the Paatidar agitation, he won by a large margin from Jetpur.
Jayeshbhai Vitthalbhai Radadiya is known to be a strongman from Saurashtra with considerable clout in his community. Despite the Paatidar agitation, he won by a large margin from Jetpur.
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