Rupani, who was elected from the Rajkot West constituency, his deputy Nitin Patel and several other ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor OP Kohli at a grand ceremony in Gujarat's Gandhinagar.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in all likelihood will want Rupani and Patel to hold on to their posts until the 2019 general election.
It said that 18 (18 per cent) out of 99 BJP MLAs and 25 (32 per cent) out of 77 Congress MLAs have declared criminal cases pending against them.
AAP candidates failed to make any impact on the electorate in the western state. Election data reveal that on one seat, its candidate won only 282 votes, and 299 in another.
While Kamal Nath pointed out that Gujarat is a BJP bastion and Shashi Tharoor appreciated the fact that the "journey" had been good,
While senior Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Prakash Javadekar, said the polls trends reflect Modi's leadership, party leaders like Sakshi Maharaj attributed the outcome to the Prime Minister's "magic".
"Having no model of development, the Congress party manifesto is one of fiscal impossibility," Jaitley said.
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