Gujarat Cabinet expansion: Full list of ministers

Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi took oath as the state’s Deputy Chief Minister.

The BJP-led Gujarat government on Friday announced a new cabinet with 26 ministers, including cricket Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba Jadeja.

Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi took oath as the state’s Deputy Chief Minister.

The ministers took oath in the presence of Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, and BJP chief JP Nadda at Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre in Gandhinagar. The move comes   a day after the entire cabinet, barring CM Patel, submitted its resignation. Gujarat, which has a 182-member assembly, can have a maximum of 27 ministers.

Here is the full list.

•Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel

•Trikam Bijal Chhanga

•Swarupji Sardarji Thakor

•Pravenkumar Mali

•Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel

•PC Baranda

•Darshana M Vaghela

•Kantratalal Shivalal Amrutia

•Kunwarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavaliya

•Rivaba Ravindrasinh Jadeja

•Arjunbhai Devabhai Modwadia

• Dr Pradyuman Vaja

•Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya

• Parshottambhai O. Solanki

• Jitendrabhai Savjibhai Vaghani

•Ramanbhai Bhikhabhai Solanki

• Kamleshbhai Rameshbhai Patel

• Sanjaysinh Rajaysinh Mahida

• Rameshbhai Bhurabhai Katara

•Manisha Rajivbhai Vakil

• Ishwarsinh Thakorbhai Patel

• Praful Panseriya

•Harsh Sanghvi

• Dr Jayrambhai Chemabhai Gamit

• Nareshbhai Maganbhai Patel

•Kanubhai Mohanlal Desai

The new Cabinet retains three outgoing ministers and inducts 19 new faces.

A senior BJP leader told Hindustan Times that the ministers were asked to submit their resignations by Thursday afternoon to give the CM and the party leadership flexibility for a strategic reshuffle ahead of the local body elections and 2027 state assembly polls. “The chief minister met the ministers after they resigned on Thursday and they have started vacating their offices”, he said.

The CM had earlier led a council of eight cabinet-rank ministers, two ministers of state with independent charge and six ministers of state. This is the first major rejig in Patel’s council since he took over as CM in 2021.