Gujarat BJP MLA Bhupendra Patel sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office st Raj Bhavan with BJP leaders Amit Shah, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and others present on stage.

Vijay Rupani resigned as the chief minister on Saturday. Bhupendra Patel, who is a first time MLA from the Ghatlodia constituency in Ahmedabad, won the 2017 Gujarat assembly election with over 1.17 lakh votes. After his appointment as the chief minister, Bhupendra Patel is expected to lead Gujarat BJP into the upcoming 2022 Gujarat assembly elections.

After assuming the office Patel chaired his first meeting to take stock of the flood-like situation in Jamnagar.