Narendra Modi takes oath as Gujarat CM for 4th time; ally JD(U) boycotts ceremony

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PTI: Ahmedabad, Dec 26 2012, 12:01 IST

Narendra Modi, who led the BJP to an emphatic victory in the assembly elections, was today sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister for the fourth time.

He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Kamla Beniwal at an impressive ceremony at Sardar Patel Stadium.

Modi was sworn in along with seven ministers of Cabinet rank and nine Ministers of State.

Nitin Patel, Anandi Patel, Raman Vora, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Saurabh Patel, Ganpat Vasawa, Babhbhai Bokhiariya took oath as Cabinet ministers, while Purshottam Solanki, Parbat Patel, Vasuben Trivedi, Pradeepsinh Jadeja, Liladhar Vaghela, Rajnikant Patel, Govind Patel, Nanubhai Vanani and Jayanti Kavadiya took oath as Ministers of State.

A galaxy of top BJP leaders and those of its allies were present.

Those in attendance included BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, senior leader L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, party's leaders in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha respectively, Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh.

The presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, added grist to speculation about a possible realignment of her AIADMK with BJP-led NDA.

Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, Indian National Lok Dal leader Om Prakash Chautala, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, his cousin and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, RPI leader Ramdas Athawale were also present.

As expected, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has been keeping distance from Modi, as also his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi, were conspicuous by their absence.

However, Bihar BJP president C P Thakur attended the ceremony.

Modi's mother Heeraben, who was also

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Nitish Kumar

Tirumal Mundargi | 26-Dec-2012Reply | Forward

Time to think beyond Nitish Kumar. Nitish is just following the likes of Ramakrishna Hegde, V P Singh and Mayavati, who enjoyed power only because of BJP support but kicked the ladder to fade into oblivion. NDA may get new allies but Nitish will not be able to win in Bihar without BJP. JD U has no prospects outside Bihar.

modi is real bhartiya, nationa awaits his leadership as PM of india.

anna dmk | 26-Dec-2012Reply | Forward

modiji long live and serve this nation as real bhartiya not as puppet MMS of italian waitress.

MASSES LEADER NARENDERA MODI SWORN IN AS CHIEF MINISTER

RAJAT KUMAR MOHINDRU .JALANDHAR CITY.PUNJAB | 26-Dec-2012Reply | Forward

The Masses Leader Mr Narendera Modi has been sworn in Fourth time and this is his hat trick . As earlier there were many perceptions to his future prospectus but Modi has done it and Really Modi is the new emerging hero in B.J.P. . As the People of Gujarat has voted him to see him at the Post of Prime Minister , but B.J.P. is a democratic Party and the decisions are made collectively . As the Elected representatives Elect there Leader the first priority is to get the magic Figure to form the next Government then the issue of P.M. will itself be solved .B.J.P. Leaders should pledge to fight Collectively the Next Election and achieve the Goal and vision 2014 .