hief Minister (2016–present)[edit]

He succeeded Anandiben Patel and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on 7 August 2016.
[17][18][19][20]
 In the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, he retained Rajkot West constituency
defeating the Indian National Congress candidate Indranil Rajyaguru. [21] He was unanimously elected
as the leader of legislature party on 22 December 2017 and continued as the Chief Minister of
Gujarat with Nitin Patel as the Deputy Chief Minister.[22][23][24]

Controversy[edit]
In 2011, Vijay Rupani HUF entity sold shares worth about ₹ 35000 in Sarang Chemicals in a single
transaction which were purchased in 2009 at about ₹ 63000, making a loss. The SEBI, the regulator,
had charged 22 entities, including Vijay Rupani HUF, for "manipulative trades" by pump and dump.
In November 2017, the SEBI issued ex parte order imposing a penalty of ₹ 1500000 to Vijay Rupani
HUF for creating misleading appearance in the stocks. Vijay Rupani HUF said that the penalty was
imposed without giving opportunity to be heard. The SEBI said that the entity had failed to file reply
to their show cause notice in time. Later the Securities Appellate Tribunal set aside the penalty order
and asked the SEBI to issue fresh order and hear all the entities. [25][26][27]

Personal life[edit]
Vijay Rupani is married to Anjali Rupani, who is also a member of BJP women wing. [8] The couple
have a son; Rushabh, an engineering student and daughter, Radhika who is married. The couple
lost their youngest son Pujit in an accident and have started the Pujit Rupani Memorial Trust for
charity.[8][28][29]