The BJP had expected the change of guard in Gujarat to be smooth and all indications were that was how it was going to be with the Chief Minister's swearing-in going off without a hiccup. Vijay Rupani resigned without protest and Bhupendra Patel took charge without any opposition except for a few murmurs of dissent from the former Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who had expected the post would come to him.
