Articles tagged under: Vijay Rupani Cabinet

Former ministers of Rupani cabinet get Government bungalows at highly concessional rent

December 27, 2021
Former ministers of Rupani cabinet get Government bungalows at highly concessional rent

Gandhinagar: The government bungalows of 'K' and 'KH' types have been allocated to the former cabinet members of ex CM Vijay Rupani's cabinet at a negligible rent, in garb of the reason for the studies of their children. The former ministers who are now merely MLAs were to be provided the quarters allocated to MLAs. However, they have been provided bungalows of 'K' and 'Kh' categories at minimal cost with the reason that they require it for the studies of their children at schools and college...Read More

Rupani’s meeting with Governor triggers speculation of Cabinet expansion

July 22, 2020
Rupani’s meeting with Governor triggers speculation of Cabinet expansion

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's meeting with State Governor today triggered speculations over State cabinet expansion. There's no official word either on this meeting or State cabinet expansion. Gujarat BJP has just yesterday got a new State unit president. Outgoing President Jitu Vaghani is MLA in State assembly. It is believed that Vaghani will be placed as Cabinet rank minister in Rupani government. If that is the case, one existing cabinet rank minister from Leuva Patidar communit...Read More

Four Gujarat MLAs take oath

May 28, 2019
Four Gujarat MLAs take oath

Gandhinagar: Four MLAs who won assembly by-polls that were held along with Lok Sabha general elections on April 23, took oath today in Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi's chamber in capital Gandhinagar in presence of State Chief Minister, State BJP chief and others. Dr. Ashaben Patel (Unjha), Parshottam Sabariya (Dhrangadhra), Raghavjibhai Patel (Jamnagar Rural) and Jawahar Chavda(Manavadar) are the MLAs who took oath today. Ashaben, Parshottambhai and Jawahar Chavda had resigned f...Read More

Four Gujarat MLAs including minister elected to Lok Sabha, their assembly seats to witness by-poll

May 24, 2019
Four Gujarat MLAs including minister elected to Lok Sabha, their assembly seats to witness by-poll

Gandhinagar: Gujarat will witness by-polls of assembly seats again in near future as four MLAs are elected to parliament as Lok Sabha members. They are in all probability going to retain their parliaments seat and resign from the assembly. Party MLA and minister in Vijay Rupani cabinet, Parbatbhai Patel(Chaudhary) has been elected to Lok Sabha from Banaskantha seat. Parbatbhai is MLA from Tharad constituency. Another MLA elected to Lok Sabha is Bharatsinh Dabhi(Thakor). He has won Patan ...Read More

Rupani allocates portfolios to four ministers

March 10, 2019
Rupani allocates portfolios to four ministers

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has allocated portfolios to newly inducted ministers. - Jawahar Chavda : cabinet minister of tourism and fisheries departments - Yogesh patel: minister of state for Narmada and Urban housing departments -Dharmendrasinh Jadeja: minister of state for Food and civil supply, consumer protection, cottage industries departments Minister of State Vasan Ahir has been given additional portfolio of tourism department. DeshGujarat Read More

Wanted to become minister, but confusion is over, continuing in Congress: Alpesh Thakor

March 09, 2019
Wanted to become minister, but confusion is over, continuing in Congress: Alpesh Thakor

Ahmedabad: Admitting that he was willing to become 'minister', Congress national secretary and party MLA Apesh Thakor today said that he has taken a decision to not to leave Congress and struggle for his supporters. Addressing a press conference here Alpesh said that he was annoyed at the party and its leadership as he and his supporters were not getting due respect but now with the assurance of the party in this regard his annoyance was over. He also said that he did not ...Read More

Expansion of Vijay Rupani cabinet

March 09, 2019
Expansion of Vijay Rupani cabinet

Gandhinagar: Vijay Rupani cabinet witnessed expansion at 12.39 pm today in a simple function held at Raj Bhavan here. Jawahar Chavda, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja and Yogesh Patel took oath as ministers. Jadeja and Patel are sitting MLA while Chavda resigned yesterday as MLA and he will need to be reelected to retain ministry. Chavda has been inducted as cabinet minister while Jadeja and Patel are inducted as minister of state. Jawahar Chavda resigned yesterday from Congress party and Gujarat assemb...Read More

Kunvarji Bavaliya gets Water Supply, Animal Husbandry, Rural Housing portfolios as Cabinet Minister

July 04, 2018
Kunvarji Bavaliya gets Water Supply, Animal Husbandry, Rural Housing portfolios as Cabinet Minister

Gandhinagar: In a cabinet meeting held today here, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani allocated the portfolios of water supply, animal husbandry and rural housing to newly inducted Cabinet minister Kunvarji Bavaliya. With this the portfolio of Cabinet rank minister RC Faldu has been tweaked. Faldu is now the minister for agriculture, rural development, fisheries, transport. The only change is, the portfolio of animal husbandry has been taken away from him and handed over to Bavaliya. In another...Read More

Kunvarji takes oath as minister hours after quitting Congress and joining BJP

July 03, 2018
Kunvarji takes oath as minister hours after quitting Congress and joining BJP

Gandhinagar: Kunvarji Bavaliya was today administered oath as minister hours after his resignation from Congress and membership of Gujarat Assembly as member of Jasdan constituency and joining ruling BJP. Governor O P Kohli administered him oath of office and secrecy in presence of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, DyCM Nitin Patel in a ceremony in Rajbhavan here. BJP state president Jeetu Vaghani, various ministers and other senior party leaders were also presen...Read More

Ministers led by CM Rupani pay courtesy visit to Gujarat Governor

February 14, 2018
Ministers led by CM Rupani pay courtesy visit to Gujarat Governor

Gandhinagar: The ministers of Gujarat led by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today visited Rajbhavan here to meet Governor O P Kohli on a courtesy call. DyCM Nitin Patel later told media persons that all minister had come for a courtesy visit to the hounarable governor. 'The CM also invited him for the inauguration of the renovated building of the Vidansabha (Vitthalbhai Patel Bhavan) and he has given his consent for the same,' he said. Patel also ...Read More