"No One Can Throw Me Out": Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister

Nitin Patel said in a lighter vein that he was not the only one who had missed the bus as there were "many others" like him.

Hours after the ruling BJP selected a new chief minister for Gujarat, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who has once again missed the bus, said he has seen many ups and downs, and asserted that nobody can "throw him out" as he lives in people's heart. Mr Patel, while addressing people during a function in Mehsana town on Sunday evening, also said in a lighter vein that he was not the only one who had missed the bus as there were "many others" like him. There was speculation that he was unhappy after Bhupendra Patel was chosen as the next chief minister in a meeting of BJP MLAs at the party headquarters "Kamalam" in Gandhinagar on Sunday, a day after Vijay Rupani tendered his resignation from the top post. Before that, Nitin Patel, who represents Mehsana Assembly constituency, was being seen as one of the top contenders for the post.