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2001 Bhuj kudengenyeka kwenyika, kwakakurudzira hutungamiri hwenyika hweBJP kutsvaga mumiriri mutsva wehofisi yemutungamiriri wehurumende. Akatsiviwa naNarendra Modi. Patel haana kukwikwidza musarudzo dzegungano ra2002 reGujarat asi akasarudzwa kuRajya Sabha asina kupikiswa muna 2002.