“I have resigned from the post of Gujarat Chief Minister,” said Rupani on Saturday at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar after meeting Governor.
The unexpected move comes ahead of Assembly elections in PM Modi’s home state early next year. Rupani reached the Raj Bhavan shortly after PM Modi inaugurated Sardardham Bhavan in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and performed ‘bhoomi pujan’ of Sardardham Phase-II Kanya Chhatralaya (girls’ hostel) through video conferencing.
Vijay Rupani took the state’s Chief Ministerial position on August 7, 2016, and is representing Rajkot West in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Rupani is the fourth BJP chief minister to step down in recent months. In July, B S Yediyurappa resigned as CM of Karnataka in July and Uttarakhand witnessed two CMs’ exit, where Tirath Singh Rawat quit barely 4 months after replacing Trivendra Rawat.
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