Exactly a month after taking over as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani seems at ease in the sprawling official bungalow in Gandhinagar once occupied by Narendra Modi. While he is preparing to make the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat event the biggest and the best yet, Rupani is acutely conscious of social fissures that have developed in the state following the Patidars reservation stir and the attacks on Una Dalits. In this exclusive interview to Firstpost — and the first to a national media outlet — Rupani talks about his government’s agenda and challenges ahead.