Ahmedabad: Gujarat BJP on Wednesday appointed Jitu Vaghani, an MLA from Bhavnagar West constituency and a Patel, as its state unit president in place of Vijay Rupani who became the Chief Minister recently.

"Jitu Vaghani has been appointed as president of state BJP," party spokesperson Harshad Patel said. Vaghani, 46, a relatively young Patel face of BJP, was earlier state unit's youth wing president. He has also worked as secretary of the party state unit in the past.