The BJP government in Gujarat on Friday unveiled a new 26-member cabinet, with state Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi taking oath as the Deputy Chief Minister and cricketer Ravindra Jadega's wife, Rivaba Jadeja, as a minister.
Sanghavi, who secured a landslide victory in 2022 Assembly polls by defeating an AAP candidate by over 1 lakh votes, took oath as Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel's deputy at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar in the presence of Governor Acharya Devvrat.
The new cabinet included several familiar faces, with six ministers returning: Rushikesh Patel, Kanubhai Desai, Kunwarji Bavaliya, Praful Panseriya, Parshottam Solanki and Sanghavi himself.
Four ministers who retained their portfolios -- Rishikesh Patel, Kanubhai Desai, Kunwarji Bavaliya, and Parshottam Solanki (minister of state) -- did not take the oath again since their positions remain unchanged.
Trikam Chhanga, Swaroopji Thakor, Praveen Mali, Rishikesh Patel, PC Baranda, Darshana Vaghela, Kantilal Amrutiya, Arjunbhai Modhwadia, Dr Pradyumn Vaja, Kaushik Vekaria, Jitendrabhai Vaghani, Ramanbhai Solanki, Kamleshbhai Patel, Sanjay Singh Mahida, Rameshbhai Katara, Prafull Panseria, Manisha Vakil, Ishwarsinh Patel, Dr Jayrambhai Gamit, Nareshbhai Patel, are the new leaders who were inducted in the Cabinet today.
