Overview

• Sixteen ministers submitted resignations to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, who remains in office as the cabinet is reconstituted.
• New ministers are scheduled to take the oath at 11:30 a.m. on October 17 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, administered by Governor Acharya Devvrat.
• BJP national president J.P. Nadda is in Gujarat to give final approval to the reshuffle following recent consultations at the prime minister’s residence.
• The council is expected to grow from 17 to roughly 22–23 members with around 10 new inductions, according to party sources.
• State BJP chief Jagdish Vishwakarma directed the step-downs as part of an organisational revamp, with possible entrants such as Harsh Sanghavi and Rivaba Jadeja discussed by party sources.