Gujarat Chief Minister Sacks 2 Ministers Months Ahead Of Assembly Elections
NDTV
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel stripped ministers Rajendra Trivedi and Purnesh Modi of the revenue and the roads & buildings portfolios respectively.
The opposition Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday asked the Gujarat government to make public reasons behind stripping of two cabinet ministers of their key portfolios.
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls due later this year, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in a sudden move on Saturday stripped ministers Rajendra Trivedi and Purnesh Modi of the revenue and the roads & buildings portfolios, respectively.
Both Mr Trivedi and Mr Modi are among the 10 cabinet-rank ministers in the Bhupendra Patel government.
Mr Trivedi is now left with the disaster management, law and justice, legislative and parliamentary affairs department, while Mr Modi will continue to hold charge of the transport, civil aviation, tourism and pilgrimage development departments.
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