Gandhinagar: Vijay Rupani is likely to continue as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as Deputy Chief Minister, top BJP sources said, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley heads to state capital Gandhinagar to oversee a meeting of the BJP's newly-elected legislators. The legislators will formally elect the state's next chief minister at the meeting being held today.
There is some speculation that the party could chose to appoint a second deputy chief minister as it did in Uttar Pradesh earlier this year. Former Gujarat Speaker Ganapath Vasavya, a tribal leader, is seen as a front runner if the party opts for two deputies to the chief minister.
The new Chief Minister of Gujarat, who will now clarify in the computational time. But before that CM took the responsibility of taking two people in the name of deputy CM. However, the official announcement by the BJP is likely to be announced shortly. But before that, there is a lot of speculation in Gujarat politics about various names. The Gandhinagar sources said that Amit Shah has chosen Nitin Patel and Ganpat Vasawa as the Deputy Chief Minister. However, the official name announcement is still pending. At the time, officials including State Chief Electoral Officer BB Bhain arrived at the Governor's House. The list of 182 elected representatives in the Gujarat assembly was ordained in the official manner.
The governor will publish the gazette about this. If sources are to be believed, then as the present Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel will remain in his position. However, names of Bhiku Dalsania, Vajubhai Vaala, Purshottam Rupala, Mansukh Mandviya and Anandiben Patel have also been discussed for the post of Chief Minister. In addition, a meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Board was discussed and the name for the post of CM was discussed. The speculation has also been raised about the selection of names of Gujarat Chief Minister
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