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Bharatiya Janata Party (<keyword id="14666" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="bjp" source="Orion">BJP</keyword>) leader <keyword id="908125" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="bhupendra-patel" source="Orion">Bhupendra Patel</keyword> has taken the oath of Chief Minister of <keyword id="6354766" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="gujarat" source="Orion">Gujarat</keyword> for a second consecutive time in Gandhinagar on Monday. Patel was administered the oath as the 18th Chief Minister by Governor Acharya Devvrat at the Helipad Ground near the new Secretariat in Gandhinagar at 2 pm. The ceremony will be attended by Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="narendra-modi" source="Orion">Narendra Modi</keyword>, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers of BJP-led states. As per sources, about 20 cabinet ministers will also take oath on the same day, along with Bhupendra Patel and will take charge of their respective offices, the very next day. BJP swept the Gujarat Assembly election winning a whopping 156 seats, which is the highest number of seats any party has won after the formation of the state in the year 1960. The BJP's seventh consecutive Assembly poll win in Gujarat is its biggest since the founding of this state in 1960. Patel was sworn in as the 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat on September 13, 2021. He was first elected as BJP legislative party leader on September 12, 2021. He began his political journey as a member in Memnagar municipality and got elected as MLA from Ghatlodia constituency (Ahmedabad) in the 2017 Gujarat assembly elections. Breaking his own record, Patel once again won from Ghatlodia constituency by a staggering margin of 1,91,000 votes in the 2022 election. This overwhelming majority of the BJP in Gujarat depicts the absolute faith of the people in Patel's leadership. Patel has vast experience in administration, having served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and as a Corporator for Thaltej ward from 2010 to 2015. He began his political career in 1995 when he was appointed as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Memnagar municipality. He served the municipality for over a decade, becoming Chairman of the local body during 1999-2000 and 2004-2006. He also served as the Vice Chairman of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation School Board between 2008 and 2010. Later on, he served as a Corporator from Thaltej ward from 2010 to 2015. During this tenure, he served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). In 2015, he was appointed as the chairman of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA). In 2017, Patel became a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the first time, by winning the election from Ghatlodia constituency with a wide margin of 1,17,000 votes. Born on July 15, 1962, in Ahmedabad, Patel holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering from Government Polytechnic, Ahmedabad. He is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He is also an active member of Pandit Deendayal Library managed by RSS at Memnagar. The BJP created history in Gujarat with a landslide victory in the 2022 election and its 7th consecutive win. It is the party's largest win in Gujarat since the state's formation in 1960. It is an important win for the BJP. Notably, there has always been a strong contest between the BJP and Congress in Gujarat, but this time around, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) entry made this election an interesting one. AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal tried hard to woo the people of Gujarat with the promises of providing free electricity and water, Rs 1,000 per month for women and a loan waiver for farmers. On the other hand, Congress also tried to attract voters with all kinds of sops. The BJP bagged 156 seats in the 182-member Assembly, its highest-ever poll tally in the state. The opposition Congress could manage only 17 seats while Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party had to be content with just 5 seats. Three seats went to Independent candidates while the Samajwadi Party (SP) won a lone seat in the state. The BJP, which has won its seventh straight election in Gujarat, not only improved its own best record of 127 seats in 2002-- the first election with Narendra Modi as Chief Minister -- but the Congress' tally of 149 seats in 1985. 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Bhupendra Patel takes oath as Gujarat chief minister

When Chinese <keyword id="46159" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Foreign-Minister">foreign minister</keyword> Wang Yi told his counterpart <keyword id="6355111" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sushma-Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</keyword> that PM Narendra Modi had injected "a new vitality into an ancient civilization'', he might have been speaking for India's entire neighbourhood. 
 
While Modi internally had issues to contend with, not least the criticism over the WTO muddle, he took no time in coming into his own on India's foreign policy, something he followed closely even as Gujarat CM. While the government's erratic handling of Pakistan was called into question, Modi's larger South Asia outreach in the form of invites to all SAARC leaders for his swearing in, followed by a wildly successful visit to Nepal - a country no Indian PM had visited for 17 years for a bilateral meet, reinforced the primacy of neighbours in India's foreign policy like never before in decades, at least not since the days of Gujral Doctrine. 
 
The results are already showing. A deeply divided country which has struggled to frame a Constitution for years, complaining bitterly in the process about alleged Indian interference, Nepal unanimously endorsed Modi's visit which saw Indian announcing an additional $ 1 billion concessional credit line. Sri Lanka has freed all Indian fishermen from its jails. It is also of significance to the ministry of external affairs (MEA) that almost all SAARC leaders have reassured the government they won't allow their territory to be used against India. 
 
Like in the case of his predecessor, Modi too was seen as driving foreign policy. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) was not complaining though as the world seemed captivated by the new PM. Rarely, if ever, has it happened that senior emissaries from all P5 countries have visited India within first 3 months of a new government taking over. That India was the chief saboteur of the WTO trade facilitation deal - in the negotiations for which MEA was not involved - took some sheen off the new government but the interest in India under Modi is not waning just yet. 
 Even before he formally took over as PM, Modi made the point that India's relations with the US were too important to be led by personal whims. That he meant it became obvious when he quickly accepted President <keyword id="16284" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Obama">Obama</keyword>'s invite for a bilateral meet, saving both State Department and MEA the blushes. 
 
While MEA may or may not have seen any cultural change under Modi's leadership, it certainly witnessed some out-of-box thinking. As expected, the ministry under Modi was forced to think of ways to forward India's economic agenda. The decision to make states stake holders in India's economic diplomacy emerged from Modi's desire that foreign policy act as a springboard for economic success. This `state focus' was first put to use with Singapore in August with as many as 4 chief ministers visiting the country, soon after a visit by foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, to explore possibilities for more investments in the infrastructure sector. 
 MEA's 100-day <keyword id="81267" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="report-card">report card</keyword> though is not devoid of blemishes. Modi showed understanding of the geopolitical realities in his handling of <keyword id="6355311" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Japan">Japan</keyword> and China (his real test will come in September when he meets <keyword id="590894" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shinzo-Abe">Shinzo Abe</keyword> and Xi Jinping in a short space of time), but his handling of Pakistan was mercurial. He surprised Pakistan by inviting <keyword id="6576" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Nawaz-Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</keyword> for his oath taking, indulged in saree and letter diplomacy with him after a spunky Sharif accepted the invite, leading to announcement of foreign secretary-level talks, and then snubbed him by calling off talks over what Islamabad thought was a routine meeting with Hurriyat. All within 3 months of becoming <keyword id="71" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Prime-Minister">prime minister</keyword>. 
 
The risk now is that Modi, by not including ceasefire violations as one of the reasons for cancelling the scheduled talks, may have painted himself so much into a corner that any dialogue resumption exercise in the near future could turn into a zero sum game for the 2 countries. One of the parties may have to concede ground publicly for any such initiative to be successful. 
 
It must be added here though if the current turmoil in Pakistan does end up unsettling Sharif, Modi will be the only man laughing up his sleeve in the end. 
 
MEA's neighbourhood outreach under Modi will also have no meaning if it doesn't move fast to implement the vision outlined by the PM. The fact that the government has shown no interest in ratification of the land boundary agreement or the Teesta water sharing arrangement doesn't bode well for relations with Bangladesh, a country crucial for India's own security. 
 
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