Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani resigns
Vijay Rupani resignation: Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly election 2022, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday submitted his resignation to Governor Acharya Devvrat.
The development journey of Gujarat should continue under Prime Minister Narendra Nodi's guidance and new leadership, said Vijay Rupani while resigning as the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
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"I have decided to resign because the development journey of Gujarat should continue under Prime Minister Narendra Nodi's guidance and new leadership. BJP is an ideology-driven party and the roles of workers keep changing there," Rupani added.
Rupani is the fourth BJP chief minister to step down in recent months.
Earlier in July, BS Yediyurappa had resigned as Chief Minister of Karnataka while in Uttarakhand, Tirath Singh Rawat had quit barely four months after replacing Trivendra Rawat.
He took charge as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on 7 August 2016. He currently represents Gujarat's Rajkot West as MLA.
In the 2017 state election, the BJP won 99 of the state's 182 Assembly seats, Congress got 77 seats.
-PTC News
