Anandiben Patel, Gujarat's revenue minister and a close aide of Narendra Modi, will be the new chief minister of the state. She is the first woman chief minister of Gujarat. A school teacher by profession, she had left her job to join politics.

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Anandiben Patel becomes Gujarat's first woman CM

Anandiben Patel, Gujarat's revenue minister and a close aide of Narendra Modi, will be the new chief minister of the state. She is the first woman chief minister of Gujarat. A school teacher by profession, she had left her job to join politics. (BCCL)

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Modi, the longest-serving chief minister of the state, who led BJP to a spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha elections, has resigned on Wednesday after he was appointed as Prime Minister by President Pranab Mukherjee.

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Apart from the 73-year-old Patel, others in the race for chief ministership were BJP general secretary Amit Shah, who is being credited for the party's resurgence and resounding victory in Uttar Pradesh, senior ministers Nitin Patel and Saurabh Patel, besides state party general secretary Bhikubhai Dalsania. (BCCL)

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While thanking Narendra Modi and other MLAs, Patel broke down. In an emotional speech, Patel said, "I will ensure that Gujarat continues on the path of development." (BCCL)

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Modi was present at the legislature party meeting at Gandhinagar town hall along with party's central observer Thavar Chand Gehlot and state in-charge Om Mathur.

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