Vijay Rupani handed over his resignation to Governor Acharya Devvrat. (News18)
Vijay Rupani Resigns LIVE Updates: The resignation got here 15 months earlier than the election to the 182-member Assembly that’s due in December 2022.
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Vijay Rupani Resigns LIVE Updates: Union ministers Pralhad Joshi and Narendra Singh Tomar are more likely to go to Gujarat on Sunday because the BJP’s central observers to a gathering of the legislature celebration to decide on the brand new chief minister following Vijay Rupani’s resignation on Saturday, sources mentioned. Rupani’s resignation got here 15 months earlier than the election to the 182-member Assembly that’s due in December 2022. Rupani (65), the fourth chief minister to demit workplace in BJP-ruled states in the course of the coronavirus pandemic, was sworn in as chief minister in December 2017. BJP’s normal secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh and Gujarat state unit in-charge Bhupender Yadav met celebration functionaries quickly after Rupani introduced his resignation. Party sources mentioned the problem of Rupani’s successor will probably be mentioned within the legislature celebration assembly more likely to be held on Sunday.
Here are the most recent updates on the political churning in Gujarat:
• Union dwelling minister Amit Shah could be a part of the legislature celebration assembly together with central observers, Gujarat BJP spokesperson Yamal Vyas mentioned based on information company PTI.
• Rupani did a variety of growth work as chief minister and took Gujarat to new heights, Vyas mentioned. “It is a typical course of within the BJP… He will probably be given a brand new accountability. He was earlier state president, then grew to become chief minister, and now he’ll take up a brand new accountability,” he added.
• Rupani, a Jain leader, replaced Anandiben Patel in 2016 after the agitation by the politically powerful Patidar community demanding to be brought under the ambit of reservation. He was sworn in for a second term after the party won the 2017 assembly elections even though there were reservations among state leaders on his elevation. He is MLA from Rajkot West seat in Gujarat. The BJP won 99 seats and Congress 77 in the last Gujarat assembly elections.
• Among the names doing the rounds for his replacement are Nitin Patel, Mansukh Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala.
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