Gandhinagar: In an abrupt move, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani resigned on Saturday, becoming the fifth leader to leave the top post in a BJP-governed state in six months. Rupani’s exit came after helming the state for five years and 36 days, and with just over a year to go for the assembly polls. His departure, just like his elevation to CM, was swift and decisive.
BJP legislators have been summoned to Gandhinagar to elect a new leader on Sunday.
Rupani’s predecessor, Anandiben Patel, the first woman CM of Gujarat, had succeeded Narendra Modi after he became PM in 2014. She quit on August 1, 2016, following the violent Patidar quota stir and the Dalit agitation that erupted after the lynching of four young men in Una.
Unlike Anandiben’s case, Rupani’s exit was without acrimony. However, observers say that his soft-spoken demeanour and feeble hold over bureaucrats resulted in a strong undercurrent of anger among the people during the second Covid-19 wave.
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