Vijay Rupani to swear-in as Gujarat CM today

ANI  |  Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India] 

is all set to swear-in as the of on Tuesday, at the Gandhinagar Sachivalaya Ground here.

The ceremony will take place at 11 am.

A (BJP) delegation, on December 23, OP here and staked claim to form a in the state.

On December 22, was announced as the of It was also announced that will continue as the Deputy of the state.

Rupani, Patel and other ministers had on December 21 submitted their resignation to Kohli, days after the (BJP) registered a victory in the assembly elections.

The won the for 182-member Assembly, claiming a clear majority of 99 seats.

The Party trailed in second with 77 seats, followed by the (two) and (one), while independent candidates won three seats.

Rupani secured a comfortable win from West seat by 1,31,586 votes, which is the largest constituency in the Saurashtra region.

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First Published: Tue, December 26 2017. 06:50 IST