Jawahar Chavda

Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani Saturday expanded his cabinet by inducting three members, including former Congress lawmaker Jawahar Chavda, who was made a minister a day after he joined the BJP.

In a setback to the Congress in Gujarat ahead of the general elections, two party legislators on Friday tendered their resignations, with one of them joining the ruling BJP later in the day and another announcing his decision to join the party soon.

Senior Congress leader Jawahar Chavda Friday resigned from the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, a development that comes just days head of the March 12 Congress Working Committee meeting in the state.

Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani Saturday expanded his cabinet by inducting three members, including former Congress lawmaker Jawahar Chavda, who was made a minister a day after he joined the BJP.

In a setback to the Congress in Gujarat ahead of the general elections, two party legislators on Friday tendered their resignations, with one of them joining the ruling BJP later in the day and another announcing his decision to join the party soon.

Senior Congress leader Jawahar Chavda Friday resigned from the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, a development that comes just days head of the March 12 Congress Working Committee meeting in the state.