Current Affairs 24th December 2017

Current Affairs 24th December 2017 - Important Points

Vijay Rupani, Nitin Patel get second term as CM and Deputy CM of Gujarat on - 22nd December 2017

Current Affairs 24th December 2017 - Details

Vijay Rupani, Nitin Patel get second term as CM and Deputy CM of Gujarat on - 22nd December 2017

The present Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani was guaranteed to remain at the post for a 2nd term in a row on 22nd December 2017. Rupani was also choose as the leader of the BJP legislature party in the state.
The declaration was made by Union Finance Minister and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley, the central observer appointed by the BJP leadership for the election. Along with Rupani, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel was also guaranteed to continue as the 2nd in command, after he was announced the deputy leader of the legislature party.
Background The Bharatiya Janta Party posted a 6th straight assembly elections victory in the key western state of Gujarat on 18th December 2017. However, the party that had set a goal of winning minimum 150 seats in the 182-member Assembly, finally won just 99 seats, not even reaching the three-figure mark that it had managed easily in the 2012 elections.
On the contrary, its main competitive, the Congress received itself with more seats than their expectations, winning 77 seats, more than its 57 seats in 2012.
Tough Task Ahead

• By continuing with the present leadership and not making any big changes, the BJP is preparing itself for the forthcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
• In 2014, the party had secured all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in the state and any decrease in this number could directly noticed in the central leadership.
• The main issues the party would need to attention on including moneymaking prices to farmers, the jobs creation and increasing the speed of industrial growth.