Together Vijay Rupani resigning From the put up of Chief Minister, the names of many BJP leaders of the state have come up for this put up.
Take a take a look at the key contenders:
Gordhan Zadafiya (67)
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Jadafiya is a Leuva Patidar from Thasgaon in Bhavnagar district. During the 2002 Gujarat riots, he was the Minister of State for Home. One of the founding members of the BJP and one of many closest confidants of Keshubhai Patel, the primary BJP CM within the state, Zadafia had severed ties with the social gathering and the then CM Narendra Modi. He additionally began the primary Maha Gujarat Janata Party and joined Keshubhai Patel’s Gujarat Parivartan Party. After this Jadafia returned to the BJP. He is at the moment the Vice President of Gujarat BJP.
Nitin Patel (65)
Nitin Patel and Vijay Rupani on the BJP state workplace close to Gandhinagar (Express Photo / Javed Raja)
Deputy Chief Minister within the Rupani authorities Nitin Patel is a senior Kadwa Patidar chief of the BJP with roots from Mehsana district. Patel, who turned a cupboard minister in 1995, continued to deal with essential portfolios, together with the finance and well being portfolios. When Anandiben Patel was ousted from the put up in 2016, Rupani overtook him on the final minute as he was the frontrunner for the chief minister’s put up.
Mansukh Mandaviya (59)
Mansukh Mandaviya in Kolkata (Express Photo/Partha Paul)
Born in a farming household in Hanol village of Bhavnagar district, Mandaviya has grown quickly since becoming a member of ABVP in 1992. He served within the youth wing of the BJP, then gained his first meeting election in 2002. He comes from the Leuva Patel sub-caste. Part of the numerically robust Patidar neighborhood, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2012. He was inducted as a Minister of State within the Union Council of Ministers in 2016. In July, he was promoted as a cupboard minister and allotted the well being division.
Praful Khodabhai Patel (63)
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Administrator of the union territories of Daman, Diu, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep, he hails from Umta village in Mehsana district and have become Minister of State for Home when Narendra Modi was CM. Prafulla’s solely profitable stint in electoral politics to this point was in 2007, when he contested from Himatnagar as a BJP candidate. He is taken into account very near PM Modi.
CR Patil (66)
CR Patil with PM Modi (File)
Patil, who was appointed social gathering president in Gujarat in July, is a three-time MP from Navsari. Patil, a local of Jalgaon in Maharashtra, had served within the Gujarat Police earlier than becoming a member of politics. After assuming the put up of social gathering president, Patil has introduced many adjustments within the social gathering group, setting a goal of profitable all of the 182 seats within the subsequent meeting elections.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
