Except Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, the entire Gujarat cabinet resigned on Thursday. The 17-member cabinet includes eight cabinet-rank ministers and nine ministers of state.
If sources are to be believed, at least 10 new ministers will join the government on October 17 at 11:30 a.m. The move comes before crucial polls in the state, including local body elections, municipalities, district panchayats, and taluka panchayats.
The swearing-in ceremony for the designated ministers in the expansion of Gujarat Chief Minister’s cabinet will be held on Friday, October 17, at 11:30 AM at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, stated a release.
Governor Acharya Devvratji will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the designated ministers included in this expansion of the State Cabinet during the ceremony.
Earlier in the day, Patel performed the bell-ringing ceremony at the Mumbai National Stock Exchange to mark the listing of Surat Municipal Corporation’s Municipal Green Bond, in the presence of Mayor Daxesh Mavani.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister stated that through the issuance of green municipal bonds worth Rs 200 crore, Surat Municipal Corporation has involved citizens as partners in green and sustainable development. The oversubscription of Surat’s Green Bond by eight times reflects investors’ enthusiasm for investing in green bonds.
