Bhupendra Patel named next Gujarat CM, know more about this Ghatlodia MLA

Bhupendra Patel was unanimously elected the BJP legislature party leader on Sunday in Gandhinagar. 

New Delhi: BJP MLA Bhupendra Patel will be the new Gujarat Chief Minister, succeeding Vijay Rupani who resigned on Saturday. The decision was taken on Sunday (September 12) at the BJP legislature meet held in Gandhinagar.  BJP had sent Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Pralhad Joshi to Gujarat as the party's central observer to the meeting. Patel's name was proposed by former CM Vijay Rupani.  Patel, seen as a protege of former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, is a BJP MLA from Ghatlodia constituency. He had won the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections defeating Congress candidate Shashikant Patel. He was a part of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority.