India, Oct. 17 -- All Gujarat ministers, except chief minister Bhupendra Patel, submitted their resignations on Thursday ahead of a major cabinet reshuffle expected to take place today.

The ministers had been told to hand in their resignations by Wednesday afternoon to give CM Patel and the party leadership time to carry out a "strategic reset" ahead of the local body polls and the 2027 assembly elections, according to a senior BJP leader.

The outgoing council of ministers consisted of eight cabinet-rank ministers, two ministers of state (independent charge) and six ministers of state.

The newly appointed BJP Gujarat unit president Jagdish Vishwakarma will reportedly not be retained, in view of the party's 'one person, one post' rule....