Modi expands Cabinet; 18 ministers inducted

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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi expanded his Cabinet on Friday, inducting 18 ministers, nearly two weeks after leading the BJP to a thumping victory in the Assembly polls.

Governor Nawal Kishore Sharma administered the oath of office and secrecy to the ministers at a function on Friday morning on the lawns of Gujarat Assembly in Gandhinagar.

Nine of the ministers sworn in were of Cabinet rank.

Among those who took oath were some known faces like Vaju Vala, Narottam Patel, Anandiben Patel, Amit Shah, Saurab Patel, Ramanlal Vora, Mangubhai Patel, Jaswantsinh Babhor and Purshottam Solanki.

Nitin Patel, Dilip Sanghani, Fakir Vaghela, Jaynarayan Vyas, Maya Kodnani, Kiritsinh Rana, Parbat Patel, Jaysinh Chauhan and Vasan Ahir were among the new faces.

The BJP had retained power in the state winning 117 seats in the 182-member Assembly.

Modi was the only one to take oath at a grand function organised by the party in Gandhinagar on December 25.