Bhupendra Patel to be sworn in as Gujarat CM today; Modi, Shah to attend

BJP national president JP Nadda and 10-15 union ministers are also likely to attend the ceremony.

The party recorded a historic lead and seventh consecutive victory in the recently concluded elections of the Gujarat Assembly, by winning 156 of the total 182 seats. Main opposition party Congress could win 17 seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) opened account in the state legislative assembly by winning five seats.

A committee of IAS officers are overseeing the preparations for the swearing-in function, for which a temporary structure has been erected at the helipad ground that can accommodate around 20,000 people.

From the BJP organisation, party office-bearers of taluka and city levels are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony. Sitting and former MPs and MLAs from the party, office-bearers of various morchas, chairmen/vice-chairmen and directors of APMCs, sarpanches of gram panchayats and party veterans from the time of Jan Sangh are also expected to attend.

During the party’s election campaign in Gujarat, several national level leaders were brought in for a campaign carpet bombing. “We can expect that all of them will be part of the swearing-in ceremony,” a party office-bearer said.

Prime Minister Modi arrived in Gujarat Sunday late night to attend the swearing in function Monday.

Patel, who won the assembly election from Ghatlodia constituency of Ahmedabad city by a margin of 1.92 lakh votes, was elected as the leader of BJP legislature party by the elected MLAs on Saturday.