By Saurabh Vaktania: At the start of the Bharatiya Janata Party government formation in Gujarat for a seventh term, the new state cabinet was announced on Monday. While Harsh Sanghavi is the Home Minister of Gujarat, Kanubhai Desai gets funding in profile.
The newly introduced for his second term, the Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel
CM Patel was awarded General Administration, Administrative Reform, Training and Planning, Housing and Police Housing, Revenue and Disaster Management, Urban Development and Urban Housing, Panchayats, Roads and Capital Construction and Planning, Mining and Minerals, Pilgrimage Development, Narmada and Kalpsar, Ports, Information and Broadcasting, Narcotics and Excise, Science and Technology.
Harsha Sanghavi
He has been delegated with Sports & Youth Service, Volunteer Organization Coordination, Non Resident Gujarati Division, Transportation, Home Guard & Village Guard, Civil Defence, Prisons, Border Security, Home & Police Accommodation, Industries, Cultural Activities in the new Gujarat Cabinet.
Kanubhai Desai
It has three portfolios: finance, energy and petrochemicals.
Rushikesh Patel
It was designated with health care, family welfare and medical education, higher and technical education, law, judiciary, statutory and parliamentary affairs. A qualified B.Com LL.B became Finance Minister for a second term under the Gujarat Cabinet headed by Patel.
Raghavi Patel
He received agriculture, animal husbandry, cattle breeding, fishing, village housing and village development.
Balwantsinh Rajput
It has Industry, Small, Micro and Medium Industries, Khadi and Village Industries, Civil Aviation, Labor and Employment.
Kuwarji Bavaria
He has water, food and supplies.
Mulu Bera
It has the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Forestry and the Environment.
Bhanuben Babaria
The only woman in the new Gujarat cabinet has social justice, women and child development.
Jagdish Vishwakarma (Minister of State)
He won the seat of Panchal and got Cooperative, Salt Industry, Printing and Writing Materials, Small, Micro and Medium Industries, Cotton, Khadi and Village Industries and Civil Aviation (Minister of State).
Mukesh Patel (Minister of State)
It has forest and environment, climate change, water resources and water supply.
Praful Panseriya (Minister of State)
Received Profile for Parliamentary Affairs, Primary, Secondary and Higher Education.
Bhikhusinh Parmar
It has food and civilian supplies, social justice and emancipation.
Purushottam Solanki (Minister of State)
It has fishing and animal husbandry
Kunwarji Halpati (Minister of State)
He got tribal development, labor and employment and village development.
Bacchu Khabad (Minister of State)
He was awarded Panchayat, Agriculture
Bhiku Parmar (Minister of State)
They were given food supplies, social justice
In recent Gujarat elections, Kanubhai Desai secured seat from Pardi, Rushikesh Patel was elected from Visnagar, Raghavji Patel won Jamnagar Rural seat, Balwantsinh Rajput from Siddhpur, Kuvarji Bavaliya won Jasdan Assembly seat , Mulubhai Bera won from Khambhaliya
Meanwhile, Harsh Sanghavi won the seat of Majura in Surat.