Day after resignation of Vijay Rupani from the post of Gujarat Chief Minister — the third BJP CM to exit in two months after Tirath Singh Rawat (Uttarakhand) and B S Yediyurappa (Karnataka) first time MLA Bhupendra Patel was named his successor.
Day after resignation of Vijay Rupani from the post of Gujarat Chief Minister — the third BJP CM to exit in two months after Tirath Singh Rawat (Uttarakhand) and B S Yediyurappa (Karnataka) first time MLA Bhupendra Patel was named his successor.
The decision was taken at the BJP legislature party meeting in Gandhinagar on Sunday.
An MLA from Ghatlodiya assembly, Patel, 59, has held the positions of president of Memnagar Municipality in Ahmedabad, and the standing committee chairman of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority.
He won the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections from Ghatlodia constituency, defeating Congress candidate Shashikant Patel by over one lakh vote margin, the highest winning margin in the 2017 Gujarat elections. He is considered close to former Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel, who won from the seat in 2012 polls and held it before she was appointed Governor.