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Bhupendra Patel takes oath as 17th CM of Gujarat, PM Modi tweets wishes
Union home minister Amit Shah, who attended Patel’s swearing-in ceremony, congratulated him after the event.
First-time legislator Bhupendra Patel took oath as the 17th chief minister of Gujarat on Monday a day after his name was announced for the top job by the BJP leadership.
Earlier in the day, Union home minister Amit Shah reached Ahmedabad to attend Patel’s swearing-in ceremony.
Patel met his predecessor Vijay Rupani, who resigned from the post late on Saturday, at the Chief Minister’s residence in Gandhinagar.
Fondly addressed as ‘Dada’ by his supporters, Bhupendrabhai Rajnikanthbhai Patel became the 17th chief minister of Gujarat.
Patel (59), unanimously elected BJP legislature party leader on Sunday, was sworn in governor Acharya Devvrat at a simple ceremony in Gandhinagar.
