Vijay Rupani is all set to take oath as the chief minister of Gujarat on Tuesday, at the Gandhinagar Sachivalaya Ground in Ahmedabad.
The ceremony will take place at 11 am. Among those in attendance will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and chief ministers of 18 states.
A BJP delegation, on December 23, met Governor O.P. Kohli and staked claim to form a government in the state.
On December 22, Rupani was announced as the chief minister of Gujarat. It was also announced that Nitin Patel will continue as the deputy chief minister of the state.
Rupani, Patel and other ministers had, on December 21, submitted their resignation to Governor Kohli, days after the BJP registered a victory in the Gujarat assembly elections.
The BJP won the election for 182-member Gujarat assembly, claiming a clear majority of 99 seats.
The Congress trailed in second with 77 seats, followed by the Bharatiya Tribal Party (two) and NCP (one), while independent candidates won three seats.
Rupani secured a comfortable win from Rajkot West seat by 1,31,586 votes, which is the largest constituency in the Saurashtra region.
