Daily Current Affairs / Vijay Rupani resigns as Chief Minister of Gujarat
Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: September 12 2021
· Vijay Rupani has resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Gujarat. He submitted his resignation to Governor Acharya Devvrat.
· The resignation comes after a flurry of developments in Gujarat following a meeting in Gandhinagar.
· He reached Raj Bhavan soon after PM Modi inaugurated Sardardham Bhawan in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and performed 'Bhoomi Pujan' of Sardardham Phase-II Girls Hostel through video conferencing.
· Mr. Rupani is the fourth BJP chief minister to step down in recent months; BS Yediyurappa resigned as Chief Minister of Karnataka in July and hit a double whammy in Uttarakhand, where Tirath Singh Rawat resigned barely four months after replacing Trivendra Rawat.
Important facts
About Gujarat
v Area Rank: 5th
v State Fruit: Mango
v Formation: 01 May 1960
v Literacy (2011): 78.03%
LoIs issued to 4 foreign universities; ₹4,000 crore education projects announced at ABSS.
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