A total of 24 “brand new” Ministers under Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel took oath at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar on Thursday. None of the Ministers from Vijay Rupani Cabinet got a berth in the Ministry.

This is for the first time that such an experiment has taken place in the Indian politics in the Government formation. The induction of all-new Ministers under the new Chief Minister shows a new approach by the BJP top leadership to tackle the anti-incumbency burden in the home State of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had surprised many by suddenly hand-picking a new Gujarat Chief Minister a year before State Assembly polls, congratulated all those who have taken oath as Ministers in the Gujarat Government. “Congratulations to all party colleagues who have taken oath as Ministers in the Gujarat Government,”  Modi said in a tweet.

 “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,” Modi said in a tweet.

Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat administered Ministers oath of their office in the presence of former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Nitin Patel, State BJP president CR Patil, State BJP in-charge Bhupender Yadav and Central observer and the BJP General Secretary (Organization) BL Santosh.

The Ministry has 10 Cabinet Ministers, including Rajendra Trivedi, Jitu Vaghani, Rushikesh Patel,  Raghavji Patel, Purnesh Modi, Kanubhai Desai, Kiritsinh Rana, Naresh Patel, Pradipsinh Parmar, and Arjunsinh Chauhan.

Five Ministers of State (MoS) or junior Ministers would have independent charges. These Ministers include Harsh Sanghvi, Jagdish Panchal, Brijesh Merja, Jitu Chaudhari, and Manisha Vakil.

The Ministers of State in the Cabinet include Mukesh Patel, Nimisha Suthar, Arvind Raiyani, Kuber Dindor, Kirtisinh Vaghela, Rajendrasinh Parmar, Raghavji Makwana, Vinod Moradiya, and Devabhai Malam.