Rupani sworn in as Gujarat CM |
The BJP`s Vijay Rupani was sworn in as chief minister of Gujarat onAug 7 in a ceremony that was attended by BJP heavyweights Arun Jaitley, Amit Shah and LK Advani.Nitin Patel was sworn in as Rupani`s deputy and 23 others took the oath for spots in the state cabinet at a ceremony held in Gandhinagar.The new government - sworn in after former BJP CM Anandiben Patel resigned last week - is expected to shoulder the responsibility of steering BJP to victory in the high stakes 2017 assembly polls in Gujarat. The state has been beset with trouble, lately with the Patidar stir, and with anti- Dalit atrocities, like the flogging of dalits in Una.
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