Gujarat: Jawahar Chavda gets tourism, fisheries

GANDHINAGAR: Chief minister Vijay Rupani on Sunday reshuffled the portfolios of ministers to give tourism and fisheries to new cabinet minister

Jawahar Chavda

. Tourism was with senior cabinet minister Ganpat Vasava, until now, and fisheries with R C Faldu, another cabinet rank minister. The chief minister announced his decision before the cabinet meeting on Sunday.


The two new ministers of state - Yogesh Patel and Dharmendrasinh Jadeja received portfolios which were given for the first time to any minister of state. None of them got any independent charge.

Yogesh Patel became minister of state for Narmada and urban housing, while the CM continues to hold the portfolio at cabinet level. Dharmendrasinh Jadeja became minister of state for food and civil supply, consumer affairs and small scale industries, while the cabinet portfolio for the same is under Jayesh Radadia.

Deputy CM Nitin Patel had said on Saturday there is scope of including more ministers in the cabinet, raising speculations that there are chances of more MLAs defecting from other parties for ministerial berths in the government.