BJP's Brand New Gujarat Cabinet Prefectly Dissolves the Caste and Regional Divide

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The choice of ministers shows a dominant Saurashtra and South Gujarat presence. The Patel factor is also quite high.

With months to go for the Gujarat Assembly, the BJP on Thursday inducted 24 members, including 21 who debuted as ministers, into the four-day-old Bhupendra Patel-led ministry, discarding all ministers in the previous Vijay Rupani-led regime in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state.

The fresh inductions include two women and representatives of various communities. The exercise shows that the party has tried to balance caste and regional representation.

After picking Patel, a Patidar community leader as the CM, the BJP has also given berths to six Patidars and six OBC leaders, four from scheduled tribes, three from scheduled castes, two each from among Brahmins and Kshatriyas and one member from the Jain community.

The choice of ministers in the newly-formed cabinet shows a dominant Saurashtra and South Gujarat presence. In addition, the Patel factor is also quite high. There are eight ministers from Saurashtra, seven from South Gujarat, six from Central Gujarat and three from North Gujarat.

The Patidar portrayal

Arvind Rayani (Leuva)

Jitu Vaghani (Leuva)

Vinoo Mordia (Leuva)

Raghavji Patel (Leuva)

Hrishikesh Patel (kadva)

Brijesh Merja (kadva)

Bhupendra Patel (kadva Patel)