Bhupendra firmly in the saddle

While leader after leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attributed the victory of the party to the contribution made by 'Narendrabhai and Amitbhai', Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, too, helped the party through the government's performance.

"The people of Gujarat have rejected anti-national elements in this election and have voted for the BJP's track record of development in the state," Gujarat BJP president C R Paatil said at a press conference as trends began coming in, announcing Bhupendra Patel would continue as the chief minister and his oath ceremony would take place on December 12.

Since he became chief minister, Patel has worked on development.

Projects like tap water supply in eight districts, a 100-crore fund to support organic farming, revamped modern public bus transport system, were aimed at ordinary people.