Gandhinagar:

Kunvarji Bavaliya was today administered oath as minister hours after his resignation from Congress and membership of Gujarat Assembly as member of Jasdan constituency and joining ruling BJP.

Governor O P Kohli administered him oath of office and secrecy in presence of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, DyCM Nitin Patel in a ceremony in Rajbhavan here.

BJP state president Jeetu Vaghani, various ministers and other senior party leaders were also present on the occasion.

Stalwart Koli leader Bavaliya today gave a sudden and big jolt to Congress and quit the party to join BJP.

Soon after this, he was administered oath as a minister.

DeshGujarat