<p>Gujarat Revenue Minister Anandiben Patel was today elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party Leader, who will succeed PM-designate Narendra Modi as Chief Minister of the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>73-year-old Patel's name was proposed and adopted unanimously at a meeting of the Legislature Party in the presence of Modi, who had momemnts earlier had resigned as the chief minister.<br /><br />Modi's close aide Amit Shah and BJP General Secretary Thavar Chand Ghelot were also present.<br /><br />Modi, the longest-serving chief minister of the state, who led BJP to a spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha elections, will take over as prime minister on Monday.<br />She will be the first woman chief minister of Gujarat.<br /><br />In her acceptance speech, Patel turned emotional and thanked Modi and others for making her the chief minister.<br /><br />Patel, considered to be very close to Modi, is minister of Revenue and Urban Development in the Modi government. She was also a minister in the government of Modi's predecessor Keshubhai Patel.<br /><br />A school teacher by profession, she had left her job to join politics.</p>
<p>Gujarat Revenue Minister Anandiben Patel was today elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party Leader, who will succeed PM-designate Narendra Modi as Chief Minister of the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>73-year-old Patel's name was proposed and adopted unanimously at a meeting of the Legislature Party in the presence of Modi, who had momemnts earlier had resigned as the chief minister.<br /><br />Modi's close aide Amit Shah and BJP General Secretary Thavar Chand Ghelot were also present.<br /><br />Modi, the longest-serving chief minister of the state, who led BJP to a spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha elections, will take over as prime minister on Monday.<br />She will be the first woman chief minister of Gujarat.<br /><br />In her acceptance speech, Patel turned emotional and thanked Modi and others for making her the chief minister.<br /><br />Patel, considered to be very close to Modi, is minister of Revenue and Urban Development in the Modi government. She was also a minister in the government of Modi's predecessor Keshubhai Patel.<br /><br />A school teacher by profession, she had left her job to join politics.</p>