Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi took oath as the state’s Deputy Chief Minister on Friday, as Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel expanded his cabinet in a ceremony at the Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre
in Gandhinagar.
Among others who took the oath were Swaroopji Thakor, Pravenkumar Mali, Rushikesh Patel, Darshna Waghela, Kunvarji Bavaliya, Rivaba Jadeja, Arjun Modhwadia, Parshottam Solanki, Jitendra Waghani, Praful Pansheriya, and Kanubhai Desai, according to a list released by the Gujarat BJP.
A day ahead of the planned cabinet expansion, all 16 ministers, except Chief Minister Patel, had submitted their resignations.
“Resignations of all 16 ministers have been taken by the party. Except for Chief Minister Patel, all the ministers have resigned,” news agency PTI quoted a BJP source as saying.
#WATCH | Gandhinagar | Harsh Sanghavi takes oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat pic.twitter.com/rJ5fYP4utC
— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2025
Earlier today, Chief Minister Patel met Governor Acharya Devvrat and sought his permission to hold the oath ceremony of his new cabinet members.
During the meeting at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar, the Chief Minister also informed the Governor about the current status of the Gujarat cabinet.
Patel will expand his cabinet on Friday, the state government had announced earlier.
The Council of Ministers in Gujarat had 17 members, including Chief Minister Patel.
Eight of them were cabinet-rank ministers, while the others were Ministers of State (MoS).
Gujarat, which has a 182-member assembly, can have a maximum of 27 ministers (15 per cent of the strength of the House).
Earlier this month, MoS Jagdish Vishwakarma became the new president of the state Bharatiya Janata Party unit, replacing Union minister CR Paatil.
Bhupendra Patel became the Chief Minister for the second time on December 12, 2022.
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