Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Patel ya yi murabus a matsayin babban minista a ranar 2 ga Oktoba 2001 saboda rashin lafiya. Zargin cin zarafin iko, cin hanci da rashawa da kuma rashin kulawar gwamnati, da kuma asarar kujerun BJP a zaben fidda gwani da kuma rashin kula da ayyukan agaji a bayan girgizar kasa ta 2001 Bhuj
, ya sa jagorancin BJP na kasa su nemi sabon dan takara don ofishin babban minista. Narendra Modi ne ya gaje shi. Patel bai yi takara a zaben majalisar dokokin Gujarat na 2002 ba amma an zabe shi zuwa Rajya Sabha ba tare da adawa ba a 2002.