Gandhinagar: Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh and Ram Vilas Paswan & BJP President Amit Shah at the swearing-in ceremony of CM under the leadership of PM Modi apart from them LK Advani, Anandiben Patel also on the dais.

Not just 18 NDA chief ministers but also BJP patriarch LK Advani on the stage for the swearing-in ceremony of the Vijay Rupani cabinet.

BJP leaders greeted Chief Minister-elect Vijay Rupani ahead of his swearing-in ceremony in Gandhinagar.

Besides Rupani and his deputy Nitin Patel, a number of others are also likely to be sworn-in by Governor O P Kohli.

Prime Minister Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, chief ministers of all BJP-ruled states and those governed by NDA associates are presented in the ceremony, Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani said.

Apart from Rupani and Nitin Patel, six to nine Cabinet and around 15 ministers of state are likely to swear in, saffron party sources informed.

Gujarat Governor Shri OP Kohli welcomed PM Narendra Modi to the airport Of Gujarat. The Prime Minister is to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the newly formed Council of Ministers of the Gujarat Government.

Vijay Rupani, 61,  is all set to swear in as Gujarat Chief Minister in the state capital Gandhinagar, in a ceremony that is twin as a huge show of power by the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi who landed in Gandhinagar, is welcomed by party chief Amit Shah and all the BJP's chief ministers. Key BJP ally Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is also present in the ceremony along with his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi.