Overview
- All 16 ministers except Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel resigned on October 16, and a reconstituted 26-member cabinet was sworn in on October 17.
- Harsh Sanghvi was elevated from minister of state to deputy chief minister and assigned the Home portfolio, a departure from the norm of the chief minister holding it.
- The council reflects social and regional balancing with six Patidar, eight OBC, three Scheduled Caste, and four tribal ministers, alongside broader geographic spread.
- New faces include first-time MLA Rivaba Jadeja and ex-Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia, while notable exclusions include Alpesh Thakor and Hardik Patel.
- Party messaging casts the reset as routine renewal to manage anti-incumbency ahead of local body polls, with organisational shifts such as Jagdish Vishwakarma’s move to state BJP chief also shaping the expansion.