Purshottam Solanki, the fisheries minister in Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's Cabinet, isn't happy with his portfolio, which he's now been given thrice.

"This is my 5th term as an MLA, and this is the third time I have been given this department,"

Solanki said. "Should I sit by the seashore and catch fish?"

Solanki explained that he was given the fisheries portfolio despite having a large votebank in the Koli community, which he said accounts for 20 per cent of Saurashtra's population.

News of Solanki's dissatisfaction comes after Deputy CM Nitin Patel complained that he wasn't given a ministry to match his stature. He resumed work after Amit Shah told him that the process to give him a suitable department had begun, and requested him to take charge.

"Why was Nitin Patel given special treatment, and why was I left out?" Purshottam Solanki asked.

Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, a BJP lawmaker, said the party was trying to sort out the issue.

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