GANDHINAGAR: Bhupendra Patel, a frontrunner of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for a second consecutive time period on Monday after the BJP’s victory in the state elections. Patel was born in Ahmedabad and holds a diploma in civil engineering. He is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and is energetic in the Pandit Deendayal Library, which is managed by the RSS. Patel started his political profession as a member of the Memnagar municipality and was elected as an MLA from the Ghatlodia constituency in Ahmedabad in the 2017 Gujarat meeting elections.
Record-breaking victory in 2022 Gujarat Assembly Election
He was sworn in as the seventeenth Chief Minister of Gujarat on September 13, 2021. He was first elected as BJP legislative celebration chief on September 12, 2021. Breaking his personal report, Patel as soon as once more gained from Ghatlodia constituency by a staggering margin of 1,91,000 votes in the 2022 election.
Began as councillor in 1995
Patel has huge expertise in administration, having served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and as a Corporator for Thaltej ward from 2010 to 2015. He started his political profession in 1995 when he was appointed as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Memnagar municipality. He served the municipality for over a decade, changing into Chairman of the native physique throughout 1999-2000 and 2004-2006.
He additionally served as the Vice Chairman of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation School Board between 2008 and 2010. Later on, he served as a Corporator from Thaltej ward from 2010 to 2015. During this tenure, he served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).In 2015, he was appointed as the chairman of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA).
In 2017, he grew to become an MLA in GujaratÂ
In 2017, Patel grew to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the first time, by successful the election from Ghatlodia constituency with a large margin of 1,17,000 votes. BJP swept the Gujarat Assembly election successful a whopping 156 seats, which is the highest quantity of seats any celebration has gained after the formation of the state in the yr 1960.
The BJP`s seventh consecutive Assembly ballot win in Gujarat is its largest since the founding of this state in 1960. The BJP bagged 156 seats in the 182-member Assembly, its highest-ever ballot tally in the state. The opposition Congress may handle solely 17 seats whereas Arvind Kejriwal`s Aam Aadmi Party had to be content material with simply 5 seats. Three seats went to Independent candidates whereas the Samajwadi Party (SP) gained a lone seat in the state.
The BJP, which has gained its seventh straight election in Gujarat, not solely improved its personal finest report of 127 seats in 2002– the first election with Narendra Modi as Chief Minister — however the Congress` tally of 149 seats in 1985.
(With ANI inputs)
