Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel's new cabinet gets 24 ministers; PM Modi tweets, congratulates ministers

A total of 24 ministers were inducted today in Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel-led Gujarat Government cabinet. The newly-formed cabinet took oath at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Around 21 members of the cabinet have become ministers for the first time.  

“Congratulations to all Party colleagues who have taken oath as Ministers in the Gujarat Government. These are outstanding Karyakartas who have devoted their lives to public service and spreading our Party’s development agenda. Best wishes for a fruitful tenure ahead,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted:  

With the fresh inductions, the strength of the cabinet has gone up to 25.  

Those sworn in at the 1.30 pm Raj Bhavan ceremony include former Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi and former state BJP president Jitu Vaghani, as per PTI.  

No minister from the earlier Vijay Rupani-led ministry was inducted. Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath to 10 cabinet ministers and 14 ministers of state, including five ministers of state with independent charge.  

Bhupendra Patel (59), who was sworn in as the 17th chief minister of the state on Monday was present at the Raj Bhavan ceremony, along with Rupani, whose sudden resignation from the post on Saturday led to the formation of the new ministry.

Congratulations to all Party colleagues who have taken oath as Ministers in the Gujarat Government. These are outstanding Karyakartas who have devoted their lives to public service and spreading our Party’s development agenda. Best wishes for a fruitful tenure ahead.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 16, 2021

The following were sworn in as cabinet ministers: 

Rajendra Trivedi, 
Jitu Vaghani, 
Rushikesh Patel, 
Purnesh Modi, 
Raghavji Patel,
Kanubhai Desai,
Kiritsinh Rana, 
Naresh Patel, 
Pradip Parmar and 
Arjunsinh Chauhan. 

Trivedi, Rana and Raghavji Patel have been ministers earlier. 
The nine ministers of state are:

Mukesh Patel, 
Nimisha Suthar, 
Arvind Raiyani, 
Kuber Dindor, 
Kirtisinh Vaghela, 
Gajendrasinh Parmar, 
R C Makwana, 
Vinod Moradia
 Deva Malam.