Two days after taking oath of office, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani and deputy CM Nitin Patel finally announced portfolios for the new cabinet of 18 other ministers on late Thursday night.The new cabinet saw some of the key experienced ministers regaining their past portfolios. Among these were Saurabh Patel who bagged finance and energy while Bhupendra Chudasama retained education.The announcement came after a delay of four hours on Thursday. However, Rupani had attributed the delay in announcement of portfolios to a late approval from party high command who were debating on Triple Talaq bill in Lok Sabha. Earlier, Saurabh Patel had been dropped when Rupani took charge for the first time as CM in 2016. Since then, deputy CM Nitin Patel had held the finance portfolio which has now gone to the experienced Saurabh Patel. Apart from finance, Nitin Patel also lost urban development and town planning, as well as petrochemicals. Rupani kept for himself portfolios of industry, home, ..
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