‘Displeased’ Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel Yet To Take Charge Of Portfolios
Nitin Patel is unhappy with the portfolios assigned to him.
Days after being sworn into office, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel is yet to take charge of the portfolios allotted to him, with a source in the Bharatiya Janata Party saying he has conveyed his displeasure to the party leadership over the departments allotted to him.
In the previous government, Patel used to handle important portfolios like finance and urban development. However, this time, he has been allotted charge of departments like roads and health. Apart from these two, he has also been given the charge of medical education, Narmada, Kalpsar and capital project after the portfolios were allotted on Dec. 28.
The deputy chief minister has not taken charge of the portfolios till today.
This time, the finance portfolio was allotted to Saurabh Patel, while Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has kept the charge of urban development department with himself.
After distribution of portfolios on Thursday, Nitin Patel had not spoken in the media briefing and left in a hurry.
At that time Rupani had said, "It is not true that the minister who has finance portfolio is number two in the cabinet. Nitin Patel is our senior leader and will remain number two."