Guwahati: Gujarat BJP Chief CR Patil announced on Thursday that Bhupendra Patel, who won the Assembly elections with a historic margin, will be sworn in as the state’s new chief minister at 2 pm on December 12.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will take part in the oath-taking ceremony.
Bhupendra Patel will take the oath of office as Gujarat’s chief minister for the second time. He won his first election as the BJP legislative party leader on September 12th, 2021.
“Gujarat CM will take oath at 2 pm on 12th December. PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will take part in the oath ceremony,” CR Paatil said while addressing a joint press conference with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel after the trends suggested BJP’s majority in the state, empowering the party to form the government for the seventh time in the state.
“Bhupendra Patel will be the chief minister again,” he confirmed.
Patel said that the BJP humbly accepts the mandate of the people of Gujarat, while also reassuring the public of the party’s commitment towards public service, ANI reported.
“The results of Gujarat elections are quite clear. People have made up their minds to further continue with the journey of development in Gujarat. We humbly accept the mandate of the people. Every worker of BJP is committed to public service,” the Chief Minister said.
According to the latest trends by the Election Commission till 2 pm, the BJP has won 11 seats so far and is in the lead with 156 seats. It will be a historic triumph for the party if this position holds.
The BJP, if manages to win 156 seats in the state, will not only thrash its own record of winning the highest ever by the party in the 2002 Assembly elections with 127 seats but also break record of getting the highest number of seats in the Gujarat Assembly elections in 1985 by the Congress’ Madhav Singh Solanki government which had won 149 seats.