Mumbai: All 16 ministers in Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s cabinet tendered their resignations Thursday, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looking to go to local polls, expected early next year, with a fresh cabinet in the state government.

Patel will induct a fresh council of ministers Friday 11.30 am, as per a statement from Raj Bhavan. Sources say, it will include some existing faces, and some new ones. Certain ministers with MoS rank like Harsh Sanghvi could also be elevated to cabinet rank, sources said.

Ministers, however, have not been given any indication of whether they are likely to be retained after the reshuffle. “Only the leadership knows that. We have no idea,” a minister who did not wish to be named said. Show Full Article

The reshuffle comes before local

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