Gehlot Cabinet expansion: 23 MLAs take oath as Rajasthan Cabinet ministers
Jaipur: As many as 23 elected legislators - 22 Congress and one RLD -were inducted in the newly-formed Rajasthan government on Monday. The 13 cabinet ministers and 10 state ministers took oath at the Raj Bhavan in presence of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Among others Bulaki Das Kalla, Shanti Kumar Dhariwal and Prasadilal Meena were sworn in as Cabinet ministers.
Chief Minister Gehlot and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, who took oath on December 17, returned to the state capital Sunday noon after spending three days in New Delhi for a meeting with Congress President Rahul Gandhi and senior party functionaries.
The names of the council of ministers were finalised by the state Congress leaders including Gehlot and Pilot after rounds of discussion with Rahul Gandhi and other senior leaders.
Those who are likely to take oath are BD Kalla, Raghu Sharma, Shanti Dhariwal, Lal Chand Kataria, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Parsadi Lal Meena, Vishvendra Singh, Harish Choudhary, Ramesh Chand Meena, Bhanwar Lal Meghwal, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Udai Lal Anjana, Saleh Mohammad and Govind Singh Dotasara.
Mamta Bhupesh, Arjun Singh Bamaniya, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Sukhram Vishnoi, Ashok Chandna, Tikaram Jully, Bhajanlal Jatav, Rajendra Singh Yadav and RLD's Subhash Garg are also likely to take oath, he said.
Rajasthan can have a total of 30 ministers including the chief minister, and the Gehlot cabinet will have some vacancies left which will be filled later.
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