The swearing ceremony of 13 cabinet ministers and 10 state ministers held at Raj Bhawan, Jaipur today. As many as 23 newly elected Lawmakers- 22 from Indian National Congress and One from RLD takes oath as a Minister in Ashok Gehlot led Rajasthan Government.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and his Deputy Sachin Pilot who took oath on December 17 returned to Jaipur after spending three days and meeting Rahul Gandhi to discuss to Rajasthan Cabinet Expansion.
The names of all the Ministers have been finalized after rounds of Discussion between Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot, and Sachin Pilot.
BD Kalla, Shanti Kumar Dhariwaal, Prasadilal Meena, Master Bhanwarlal Meghwaal, Lal Chand Katariya, Raghu Sharma, Pramod Jani Bhaya, Vishvendra Singh, Harish Choudhry, Rameshchand Meena, Udaylal Aanjana, Pratap Singh Khaachriyawas and Saleh Mohommad will be sworn in as cabinet ministers.
While, Govind Singh Dotasra, Mamata Bhupesh, Arjun Bamaniya, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Sukhram Vishnoi, Ashok Chandna, Tikaram Juli, Bhajanlal Jatav, Rajendra Singh Yadav and Subhash Garg will take oath as state ministers.
Jaipur: Swearing-in ceremony of 13 cabinet ministers & 10 state ministers of newly-formed Rajasthan govt underway at Raj Bhavan. Bulaki Das Kalla, Shanti Kumar Dhariwal & Prasadilal Meena have taken oath as Cabinet Ministers. pic.twitter.com/O66o8jTZgd
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Governor Kalyan Singh administrated oath to all 23 newly elected Lawmakers.
The Congress on December 11 unseated BJP’s Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan Assembly Elections and registered a comeback by winning 99 seats out of 199 in the 2018 Assembly elections. The final tally saw BJP finishing second with 73 seats, CPI-M 2, BSP 6, Independents 13 and others 6.
Short of a majority by a seat, Congress has received support from RLD who have secured one seat in the state. On Wednesday, BSP supremo Mayawati also extended its support to Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Samajwadi Party also said to support Congress in Madhya Pradesh.