India, Oct. 17 -- The BJP-led Gujarat government on Friday announced a new cabinet with 26 ministers, including cricket Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba Jadeja. The development comes just a day after the entire cabinet, barring chief minister Bhupendra Patel, submitted its resignation.

Besides Rivaba Jadeja, Swaroopji Thakor, Pravenkumar Mali, Rushikesh Patel, Darshna Waghela, Kunvarji Bavaliya, Arjun Modhwadia, Parshottam Solanki, Jitendra Waghani, Praful Pansheriya, Harsh Sanghvi and Kanubhai Desai have also become a part of the new cabinet.

A senior BJP leader said that the ministers were told to submit their resignations by Thursday afternoon to give the CM and the party leadership a free hand for what has been described by a party lea...