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No surprises: Vijay Rupani re-elected as Gujarat CM, Nitin Patel his deputy

The decision was taken at a meeting of all the newly-elected BJP MLAs and the announcement was made by union minister Arun Jaitley

Vijay Rupani
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Vijay Rupani with Arun Jaitley

BS Reporter Ahmedabad
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) readies to assume office in Gujarat, Vijay Rupani is set to take charge as the state's chief minister for the second time. Nitin Patel will also continue in his role as the state's deputy chief minister.
 
Rupani, who won by a margin of over 50,000 votes from the Rajkot West seat, was unanimously selected as the leader of the BJP legislature party at a meeting in the BJP state headquarters today that was attended by all the newly elected MLAs.
 
The meeting at Kamalam, the party head office here at

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