Gandhinagar: Vijay Rupani will continue as Gujarat Chief Minister, aided by Nitin Patel as his deputy, the central observer team of the BJP announced on Friday, ending the suspense of who will lead the government. Rupani, who had been appointed as Chief Minister on August 7, 2016, after Anandiben Patel was removed from the post, was selected by the newly-elected legislators who met under the central observer team on Friday at the Gujarat BJP headquarters 'Shree Kamalam'. The observer team comprised of union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Saroj Pandey.

Vijay Rupani. Pic/PTI