indira gandhi was the 2nd longest serving chief minister in india.
indira gandhi was the 2nd longest serving chief minister in india.
who was the 2nd longest serving chief minister in india?
indira gandhi
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during and after india's state of emergency of 1975–1977, public support for the inc eroded, but it continued to hold government until 1995 with the brief rule of nine months by janata morcha. in the 1995 assembly elections, the congress lost to the bharatiya janata party (bjp) led by keshubhai patel who became the chief minister. his government lasted only two years. the fall of that government was provoked by a split in the bjp led by shankersinh vaghela. bjp again won election in 1998 with clear majority. in 2001, following the loss of two assembly seats in by-elections, keshubhai patel resigned and yielded power to narendra modi. bjp retained a majority in the 2002 election, and narendra modi remained as chief minister. on 1 june 2007, narendra modi became the longest serving chief minister of gujarat. bjp retained the power in subsequent elections in 2007 and 2012 and narendra modi continued as the chief minister. after narendra modi became the prime minister of india in 2014, anandiben patel became the first female chief minister of the state. vijay rupani took over as chief minister and nitin patel as dy. chief minister on 7 august 2016 after anandiben patel resigned earlier on 3 august.
gujarat