A day ahead of the planned cabinet expansion in Gujarat, all 16 ministers except Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel resigned on Thursday, news agency PTI quoted BJP sources as saying.
The party has accepted the resignations of all 16 ministers. Except Chief Minister Patel, all the ministers have resigned.
The state government announced in the morning that Patel would expand his cabinet on Friday, October 17. According to the official release, the cabinet expansion is scheduled to take place on Friday at 11:30 am.
During the ceremony, Governor Acharya Devvrat ji will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the nominated ministers included in this expansion of the state cabinet.
17 member Gujarat cabinet will be expanded
The current Council of Ministers has 17 members including CM Patel. Eight of them are Cabinet level ministers, while the others are Ministers of State (MoS).
Gujarat, which has a 182-member assembly, can have a maximum of 27 ministers (15 per cent of the House’s strength).
Earlier this month, MoS Jagdish Vishwakarma became the new president of the state Bharatiya Janata Party unit, replacing Union minister CR Patil.
On December 12, 2022, Bhupendra Patel became Chief Minister for the second time.
On Thursday, Bhupendra Patel performed the bell ringing ceremony at the National Stock Exchange, Mumbai to mark the listing of Municipal Green Bond of Surat Municipal Corporation.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister said that Surat Municipal Corporation has included the citizens as partners in green and sustainable development by issuing Green Municipal Bonds. 200 crores.
He said that eight times oversubscription of Surat’s green bonds shows the enthusiasm of investors towards investing in green bonds.
Surat Municipal Corporation had issued Listed, taxable, redeemable, secured non-convertible municipal bond debentures worth Rs 200 crore. These green bonds were open for subscription from 6 October 2025 to 9 October 2025.
During this period, the issue received Subscription worth Rs 800 crore received against demand of Rs. 200 crore, leading to bond allotment through draw system.
In retail sector, the corporation invited proposals Bonds worth Rs 30 crore, which is 15 per cent of the total issue.
