Over 20 leaders would be sworn in as ministers which may make way for young ministers, the sources said.
Of the 788 candidates contesting 89 seats in the first phase of Gujarat Assembly polls, 211 are 'crorepatis', with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party accounting for 79 such nominees, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said in a report on Thursday.
Five-time MLA Parshottam Solanki, who is also known as 'Bhai' among his followers, has been winning Bhavnagar-Rural with a comfortable margin.
Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel will contest from Mahesana
Vaghani, a relatively young Patel face of the BJP, was earlier state unit's youth wing president.
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