New Delhi: The BJP, which won a landslide victory in the Gujarat elections, has started the exercise of forming the government. Bhupendra Patel has been elected leader of the Gujarat BJP Legislature Party.

With this, the way has been cleared for him to become CM again. According to the information, Bhupendra Patel will take oath as chief minister on Monday. The name of Bhupendra Patel was approved by consensus at the BJP Legislature Party meeting in the presence of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

Now Bhupendra Patel will meet the Governor and stake claim to form the government.

The swearing-in ceremony of the government has already been announced. Bhupendra Patel will come to Delhi this evening along with CR Patil. In Delhi, PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda and organization general secretary BL Santosh will meet.

Along with inviting the oath-taking ceremony, discussions will also be held on the formation of the Gujarat Cabinet. The Gujarat cabinet will also be given a green signal by the central leadership.

On the occasion, Union Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted, “Congratulations to Shri @Bhupendrapbjp ji on being elected as the Gujarat BJP Legislature Party Leader. He has risen from the grassroots to become the Chief Minister of Gujarat. I am confident that he will work towards taking Gujarat to greater glory in his second innings.”

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New Delhi: Gujarat Assembly elections will be announced at 12 noon today. The Election Commission will announce the full schedule of the election at a press conference at Rang Bhawan Auditorium of Akashvani Bhawan in Delhi at 12 noon today.

It is expected that assembly elections can be held later this month.

There is a discussion within political parties on whether Gujarat will go to polls in two phases this time, just like in 2017.

It is believed that this time too, elections can be held in two phases.

There are a total of 182 assembly seats in Gujarat and the magic figure of majority is 92. In the 2017 elections, the BJP had won 99 seats and formed the government. The opposition Congress had won 77 seats and others six.

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Ahmedabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is campaigning for the Gujarat assembly elections, claimed that baffled with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s popularity, BJP is planning to declare Amit Shah as its CM face in Gujarat.

“BJP is flabbergasted with AAP’s rapidly growing popularity. Is it true that in the upcoming Assembly elections, the BJP is going to declare Amit Shah ji as the CM face in Gujarat? Is the BJP also satisfied with Bhupendrabhai Patel’s work?,” AAP said in a social media post.

Gujarat is going to polls for the assembly this year. The BJP is in power in the state and the main opposition party is the Congress.

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal is constantly visiting Gujarat. Recently, the AAP had released a list of 10 candidates. Aap has indicated that it will contest all the 182 assembly seats in Gujarat.

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New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann along with Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal visited Gujarat to hold a rally ahead of crucial assembly polls.

AAP party is upbeat over its landslide victory in Punjab and a foothold in Goa and they are not looking forward to stake claims in Gujarat, where elections are due later this year.

During their visit, AAP leaders visited Mahatma Gandhi’s ashram and also spun the charkha.

CM Mann shared photos of the visit on his social media accounts with a caption in Punjabi roughly translated, “I, along with Chief Minister of Delhi Shri Arvind Kejriwal ji paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi ji at Sabarmati Ashram. A lot was seen in Gandhiji’s ashram which was used during the freedom struggle, such as his written letters. His ideals not only give us, but the message of peace to the entire world.”

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