Second Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry

Second Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry
Ministry of Gujarat
Date formed	12 December 2022
People and organisations
Head of state	Acharya Devvrat
Head of government	Bhupendrabhai Patel
No. of ministers	16
Total no. of members	17 (including Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel)
Member parties	BJP
Status in legislature	¾th Majority
History
Outgoing election	2022
Legislature term	5 Years
Predecessor	First Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry

Bhupendrabhai Patel had been sworn in as 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat on 12 December 2022, along with 8 Cabinet Rank Ministers, 2 Minister of State with Independent charges and other 6 as Minister of States.[1]

Background

After thumping majority in 2022 Gujarat Legislative assembly election BJP forms majority Government in Gujarat. Incumb Ministers resigns.[2]

On 12 December 2022, Bhupendrabhai Rajikant Patel sworn in as 18th Chief Minister along with 16 other ministers.[3][4] These include 8 Cabinet Rank Ministers, 2 Minister of State with Independent charges and other 6 as Minister of States.

Council of Ministers

Cabinet Minister

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Chief Minister Administration and Administrative Reforms Training and Planning Housing and Police Housing Revenue and Disaster Management Urban Development and Urban Housing Panchayats Roads and Building and Capital Planning Mines and Minerals Pilgrimage Development Narmada and Kalpsar Ports Information and Broadcasting Narcotics and Excise Science and Technology Departments not allotted to any Minister	Bhupendrabhai Patel	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Finance Energy & Petrochemicals	Kanubhai Desai	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Industry Small, Micro and Medium Industries Kutir, Khadi and Village Industries Civil Aviation Labour and Employment	Balvantsinh Rajput	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Industry Health Family Welfare and Medical Education Higher and Technical Education Judiciary, Statutory and Parliamentary Affairs	Rushikesh Patel	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Cattle Breeding Fisheries Village Housing and Village Development	Raghavji Patel	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Water Supply, Water Resource Food and Civil Supplies	Kunwarjibhai Bavaliya	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Social Justice and Empowerment Women and Child Development	Bhanuben Babariya	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Tourism Culture Forest and Environment Climate Change	Mulubhai Bera	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Tribal Development Primary, Secondary and Old-age Education	Kuber Dindor	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP

Minister of State (Independent Charges)

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Sports and Youth Service Transport Civil Defence Home Guard Gram Rakshak Prisons Border Security Non-Resident Gujarati Development Voluntary Organisations Coordination	Harsh Sanghavi	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Cooperation Salt Industry Printing and Writing Materials Protocol	Jagdish Vishwakarma	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP

Minister of State

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Home Police Housing Industry Cultural Activities	Harsh Sanghavi	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Micro, Small and Medium Scale Industries Kutir, Khadi and Rural industries Civil Aviation	Jagdish Vishwakarma	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Forest, Environmentand Climate Change Water Resources and Supply	Mukeshbhai Zinabhai Patel	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Parliamentary Affairs Primary, Secondary and Old-age Education Higher Education	Praful Pansariya	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Food and Civil Supplies Social Defence and Empowerment	Bhikhusinh Parmar	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Panchayat Agriculture	Bachubhai Khabad	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Fisheries Animal Husbandry	Parshottambhai Odhavjibhai Solanki	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
Tribal Development Rural Development Labour and Employment	Kunwarji Halpati	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP

Sources

[5]

Cabinet Spokesperson

No.	Minister responsible	Took office	Left office	Party
1.	Kanubhai Desai	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP
2.	Rushikesh Patel	12 December 2022	Incumbent		BJP

Source

[6]

Demographics of Council of Ministers

Representation of Ministers by district

  Patan (5.9%)

  Mehsana (5.9%)

  Aravalli (5.9%)

  Ahmedabad (11.8%)

  Rajkot (11.8%)

  Jamnagar (5.9%)

  Devbhoomi Dwarka (5.9%)

  Bhavnagar (5.9%)

  Mahisagar (5.9%)

  Dahod (5.9%)

  Surat (23.5%)

  Valsad (5.9%)

District	Ministers	Name of ministers
Kutch	—	—
Banaskantha	—	—
Patan	1	Balvantsinh Rajput
Mehsana	1	Rushikesh Patel
Sabarkantha	—	—
Aravalli	1	Bhikhusinh Parmar
Gandhinagar	—	—
Ahmedabad	2	Bhupendrabhai Patel (Chief Minister) Jagdish Vishwakarma
Surendranagar	—	—
Morbi	—	—
Rajkot	2	Kunwarjibhai Bavaliya Bhanuben Babariya
Jamnagar	1	Raghavjibhai Patel
Devbhoomi Dwarka	1	Mulubhai Bera
Porbanadar	—	—
Junagadh	—	—
Somnath	—	—
Amreli	—	—
Bhavnagar	1	Parshottambhai Solanki
Botad	—	—
Anand	—	—
Kheda	—	—
Mahisagar	1	Dr. Kuber Dindor
Panchmahal	—	—
Dahod	1	Bachubhai Khabad
Vadodara	—	—
Narmada	—	—
Bharuch	—	—
Surat	4	Mukesh Patel Kuvarji Halpati Praful Pansheriya Harsh Sanghavi
Tapi	—	—
Dang	—	—
Navsari	—	—
Valsad	1	Kanubhai Desai
Total	17

Outgoing Ministers

These are the Ministers which were part of the First Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry but were not included in the Second Bhupendrabhai Patel ministry. These include

• Rajendra Trivedi
• Jitu Vaghani
• Purnesh Modi
• Kiritsinh Rana
• Nareshbhai Patel
• Pradip Parmar
• Arjunsinh Chauhan
• Jagdiah Panchal
• Dinesh Parmar
• Jitubhai Chaudhary
• Manisha Vakil
• Nimisha Suthar
• Arvind Raiyani
• Kiritsinh Vaghela
• Gajendrasinh Parmar
• RC Makwana
• Vinod Moradiya
• Deva Malam

References

1. "Gujarat's Bhupendra Patel's New Cabinet Has 16 Ministers: Full List". NDTV.com. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
2. Kukde, Rounak (9 December 2022). "Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel Resigns, New Cabinet Likely To Take Oath With Him On Dec 12". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
3. "Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendrabhai Patel". CMO Gujarat. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
4. "Gujarat CM Swearing-In Live Updates: Bhupendra Patel takes oath as CM for second consecutive term". The Indian Express. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
5. "Bhupendra Patel Cabinet: Portfolios allotment to Ministers". DeshGujarat. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
6. "Bhupendra Patel Cabinet Spokesperson", The Hindu, 12 December 2022