By Darshana Jamindar
Today on September 19 afternoon in Gandhinagar, oath ceremony of Cabinet Ministers will be held at 1.30 pm in Raj Bhavan, Gandhinagar. Following BJP MLAs are prominent for caibent ministry of Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel ministry.
Harsh Sanghvi, MLA, Majura
Naresh Patel, MLA, Gandevi
Kiritsinh Rana, MLA, Limbdi
Arvind Raiani, MLA, Rajkot South
Kanu Desai, MLA, Pardi
Hrishikesh Patel, MLA, Visnagar
Brijesh Merja, MLA, Morbi
Kirti Singh Vaghela, MLA, Kankraj
Mukesh Patel, MLA, Olpad
RC Makwana, MLA, Mahuva
Jitu Chaudhary, MLA, Kaprada
Raghavji Patel, MLA, Jamnagar Rural
Jitu Vaghani, MLA, Bhavnagar
Manisha Vakil, MLA, Vadodara City
Devabhai Malam, MLA, Keshod
JV Kakadiya, MLA, Dhari
Jagdish Panchal, MLA, Nikol
GajendraSinh Parmar, MLA, Prantij
Pradeep Parmar, MLA, Asarwa
Nimisha Suthar, MLA, Morwahadaf
Nimaben Acharya, MLA Bhuj
Rajendra Trivedi, MLA, Rawapura
Kuber Dindor, MLA, Santrampur
There are currently only 23 chairs placed on the stage of oath ceremony. Oath will be administered by Gujarat governor Devvart Acharya. Tweleve new faces are likely to be inducted in Bhupendra Patel government, as per source.
In Bhupendra Patel’s team, 23 ministers will be sworn in today. 3 are from Ahmedabad, including the Chief Minister. 2 women MLAs will be in the cabinet. 3 ministers are from North Gujarat.
This time Caste and region wise equation in BJP Gujarat Bhupendra Patel government comprises all Patel, Kshtriya, Jain, OBC,SC/ST to appease voters ahead of state assembly election 2022. Details of castewise candidates is as follows:
Patel – 8
Kshatriya-2
OBC-6
SC 2
ST-3
Jain-1
North
(1) Rishikesh Patel (Visnagar) Patel)
(2) Gajendra Parmar (Pratinj) OBC)
(3) Kirit Singh Vaghela (Kankraj) Kshatriya
South
(1) Naresh Patel, Ganadevi (st)
(2) Kanu Desai, Pardi Brahmin)
(3) Jitu Chaudhary (Kaprada) ST
(4) Harsh Sanghvi (Majura) Jain
(5) Mukesh Patel (Olpad) Koli Patel
(6) Dushyant Patel (Patel) Bharuch
(7) Vinu Mordiya (Katargam) Patel
Saurashtra
(1) JV Kakadiya (Dhari, Patel)
(2) Arvind Raiani (Rajkot) Patel
(3) Raghavji Patel (Patel) Jamnagar
(4) Bridger Merja (Patel) Morbi
(5) Deva Malam (Keshod) Koli
(6) Kirit Singh Rana (Limbdi) Kshatriya
(7) R.C. Makwana (Mahuva, Bhavnagar (Koli))
(8) Jitu Vaghani: Bhavnagar West (Patel)
Middle
(1) Jagdish Panchal (Nikol) OBC
(2) Nimisha Suthar (Morwa Hadaf) ST
(3) Pradip Parmar (Asarva) S.C.
(4) Arjun Singh Chauhan (Mahemdavad) OBC)
(5) Kuber Dindor (Santrampur) ST
(6) Manisha Vakil: SC