In a reshuffle of Gujarat’s council of ministers, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday inducted 19 new ministers, expanding his cabinet to a total strength of 26, and elevated Harsh Sanghavi, the state’s junior home minister and a two-term MLA from Surat, to the post of Deputy Chief Minister. The ceremony, held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar today, was administered by Governor Acharya Devvrat, who oversaw the oath of office for the newly inducted and elevated ministers. Sanghavi, who represents the Majura constituency in Surat, has been one of the party’s prominent young leaders and was previously serving as Minister of State for Home. While all 16 ministers in the Patel cabinet resigned on Thursday in anticipation of the reshuffle, six were retained in the new lineup – Kanubhai Patel, Rushikesh Patel, Kunvarji Bavalia, Harsh Sanghavi, Praful Pansheriya, and Purshottam Solanki. The Chief Minister did not accept their resignations.