Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani Allocates Portfolios in Cabinet Meeting

State BJP President Vijay Rupani has been picked as the successor to out-going Chief Minister Anandiben Patel.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday allocated portfolios to his Council of Ministers and kept the key home department with himself as he took charge of his new job.

Rupani, who was sworn-in as the state Chief Minister on Sunday, presided over the first Cabinet meeting on Monday.

Portfolios to be handled by Rupani include General Administration, Home, Administrative Reforms and Training, Planning, Industries, Mines and Minerals, Ports, Climate Change, Science and Technology and Information & Broadcasting. Rupani will also look after the portfolios which are not allocated to any other minister, an official release said.

• Nitin Patel has been given Finance, Urban Development and Urban Housing, Roads and Building, Capital Project, Narmada, Kalpsar and Petrochemicals.
  
• Senior cabinet minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama has been given charge of Revenue, Education(Primary, Secondary and Adult), Higher and Technical Education and Law and Parliamentary Affairs department.
  
• Portfolios of Tourism, Tribal Welfare and Forests has been allocated to Ganpat Vasava.
  
• BJP’s Dalit face in the cabinet, Atmaram Parmar, has been given Social Justice and Empowerment department, which includes welfare of Scheduled Castes as well as OBCs. He was also given the portfolio of Women and Child Development department.
  
• Newly inducted minister Chiman Saparaiya has been given Agriculture and Energy while Babu Bokhiria has been alloted Water Supply, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Cow protection, Civil Aviation and Salt Industry.