In Gujarat,Naredra Modi was today sworn-in as the Chief Minister for the fouth consecutive term.

Governor Dr.Kamla Beniwal administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at Sardar Patel Stadium at Ahmedabad. Seven cabinet Ministers and nine Ministers of State also took oath in today’s ceremony.

Cabinet Ministers, who took oath along with Chief Minister Narendra Modi include Anandiben Patel, Saurabh Patel, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Ramanlal Vora, Nitin Patel, Babu Bokhiriya and Ganpat Vasava.

Minister of State who took oath in today’s ceremony are Vasuben Trivedi, Pradipsinh Jadeja, Parbat Patel,Nanu Vanani, Rajanikant Patel, Liladhar Waghela, Govind Patel, Jayanti Kavadiya and Parsottam Solanki.

Our correspondent adds that top BJP leaders, including L K Advani, Nitin Gadkari, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu were present for the swearing-in ceremony.

Chief Ministers of other BJP-ruled states and some non-BJP ruled states were also present.Jayalalithaa was among the non-BJP Chief Ministers who attended the ceremony.

Our correspondent reports that Narendra Modi has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the fourth consecutive time.

Seven cabinet Ministers and nine Ministers of state have also taken oath in a grand ceremony which was attended by top BJP leaders, Chief Ministers of BJP ruled -states were among the other dignitaries.

Seven cabinet Ministers who took oath today are Anandiben Patel, Saurabh Patel, Ramanlal Vora, Nitin Patel, Bhupendra Sinh Chudsama, Ganpat Vasava, and Babubhai Bokhiria. Narendra Modi had become Chief Minister of Gujarat in October-2001 for the first time, and after that he led the party to three successive wins in the state Assembly elections. The mother of Narendra Modi also attended today’s swearing in ceremony.