Gandhinagar: Bhupender Yadav, the incharge of Gujarat unit of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in conversation to the Indian Express has said that the decision to change the entire ministry of Gujarat was for giving chance to a new generation and for party to grow further in the State.

When asked by Indian Express scribe, had Vijay Rupani and his ministers had become unpopular and that was the reason why BJP changed the entire ministry of Gujarat, Bhupender Yadav replied: You must consider why the change — is it for instability or consistency, for crisis management or consistency building?… In the Congress, the change implies something different. In Bihar under the Congress, from 1977 to 1990, the CM would change every eight months. Our circumstances are different. We have been in power in Gujarat for a long time, some of our leaders have been ministers for 15-20 years… The party has to grow further in the state, and the leadership together decided that we need to give chance to a new generation. The party’s work is as important as the government’s. So everyone decided that the seniors will work for the party and give new people a chance… Any political organisation that continues for so long, has to set some new standards, whether setting an age limit of 75 (to hold posts), ensuring that leaders don’t promote own families, take an ideological stand on issues… And I believe what was done in Gujarat, with everyone’s consensus, will be seen as a new chapter in the country’s politics. Taking a decision based on a political philosophy, propagating and implementing it… this is not an individual move, it is collective… Isn’t it good in a democracy? Everyone should support it. DeshGujarat