Gujarat: The oath taking ceremony of the new BJP government will be held on Monday
State party President C R Patil announced this at party headquarter in Gandhinagar today as the BJP is all set to retain power for the record 7th time. As per latest report, BJP won 61 assembly seats and leading in 96 seats in the 182 members assembly. The Congress won 6 seats and led in 10 seats.
The Aam Aadmi Party is leading in 5 seats. All prominent faces of the ruling BJP including Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and his several ministers including Harsh Sanghavi.
Jitubhai Vaghani, Raghav Ji Patel,Rushikesh Patel, are leading or already won from their respective seats. From Congress, Arjun Morvadhia and Imran Khedawala won their seats.
AAP candidates are leading in Gariadhar, Dediapada and Jamjodhpur seats. However AAP’s Chief Minister Candidate Isudan Gadhvi is trailing from Khambhalia.
Our Correspondent reports that celebrations have already begun at the BJP’s state headquarters ‘Kamalam’ in Gandhinagar. Talking to newspersons in party headquarter, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state Party President C R Patil thanked the voters of the state for keeping faith in the BJP.
In 2017, BJP won 99 seats while Congress got 77 seats in the 182 members’ assembly. The party has been in power since 1995.