Rajasthan Cabinet Rejig: 5 from Gehlot Camp, 4 Pilot Loyalists in Line as Congress Walks Ego Tightrope
The Rajasthan government is likely to induct new faces in the cabinet, as the long-awaited cabinet rejig will witness swearing in of nine ministers- five from Gehlot’s camp and four Sachin Pilot’s loyalists.
Sources said MLAs from Ashok Gehlot’s camp- Mahendra Jeet Singh Malviya, Shakuntala Rawat, Govind Ram Meghwal, Mahesh Joshi and Ramlal Jat are likely to take oath as new ministers. On the other hand, MLAs close to Sachin Pilot- Murari Lal Meena, Ramesh Meena, Brijendra Ola and Hemaram Chaudhary will also take oath at ministers.
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The oath-taking ceremony of new Rajasthan ministers will take place at governor’s house on Sunday at 4 pm, news agency ANI quoted sources as saying, after Congress general secretary Ajay Maken held a meeting with Ashok Gehlot at chief minister’s residence.
Sources had earlier said that Gehlot’s council of ministers will meet at 5 pm on Saturday, and may discuss resignations offered by three leaders. Those who have offered to quit are Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary, Medical and Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma and Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra, Maken said.
“I am happy to inform you that three promising ministers of our Rajasthan cabinet have written to Sonia Gandhi, offering to step down as ministers. They have also expressed desire to work for the party,” the Congress general secretary had said on Friday.
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Maken said, “The Congress party respects them. We are glad that there are such promising people who want to work for the party.” Dotasra is currently the state president of the Congress while Sharma has recently been appointed by the party as the in-charge for Gujarat and Harish Chaudhary as the in-charge for Punjab.
“Whoever wished to work for the organization, came forward and gave their resignations. No more ministers are going to resign, they would’ve come forward if they wanted to, till now,” minister Pratap Khachariyawas said.
Three days ago, Gehlot had said that the cabinet restructuring would take place soon. At present, there are 21 members in the state Cabinet, including the chief minister. The number of MLAs in the state is 200, according to that the Cabinet can have a maximum of 30 members.
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