Jaipur Nov 21 PTI Rajasthan Congress leaders including the MLAs who are going to take oath as ministers on Sunday assembled at partys state office here for a meetingFrom the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee office they will head to the Raj Bhawan for the oath taking ceremony which will take place at 4 pmMinisters in Congress-ruled Rajasthan had resigned during a meeting at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlots residence here on Saturday evening ahead of the Cabinet reshuffleFifteen ministers- 11 cabinet and four ministers of state MoS- will take oathThe 11 cabinet ministers include three who have been elevated from MoS to cabinet rankOnly three ministers-- Govind Singh Dotasra Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma-- have been dropped while other ministers have been retained in the Ashok Gehlot cabinetIn addition to them 12 new ministers are being inductedWith the induction of 12 new ministers the number of council of ministers in the the state will reach 30The council of ministers in Rajasthan can have a maximum of 30 ministers including the chief minister PTI SDA ANB ANB

Jaipur Nov 20 PTI All Rajasthan ministers resigned on Saturday during a meeting at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlots residence here Their resignation has come ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle All ministers resigned in the meeting Pratap Singh Khachariyawas who held the charge of the transport minister told reporters State Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra who on Friday resigned as education minister along with two other ministers had moved a proposal at the beginning of the meeting following which all ministers resigned We have been asked to go to the PCC office at 2 pm on Sunday where further instructions will be given by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot AICC general secretary Ajay Maken and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra Khachariyawas said PTI SDA RDK RDK

Jaipur Nov 20 PTI Ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle all ministers in the Congress-ruled Rajasthan resigned during a meeting at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlots residence here on Saturday evening State Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra who along with two other ministers had offered to resign in a letter to partys national president Sonia Gandhi had moved a proposal in this regard at the beginning of the meeting following which all ministers resigned Dotasra Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma had expressed their desire to work for the party in the letter to the Congress president All ministers resigned in the meeting Pratap Singh Khachariyawas who held the charge of the transport minister told reporters here We have been asked to go to the PCC office at 2 pm on Sunday where further instructions will be given by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot AICC general secretary Ajay Maken and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra Khachariyawas said Khachariyawas said it is for the chief minister and the party high command to do reshuffling and it will be known tomorrow what instructions are given by them We will be reaching the PCC office tomorrow at 2 pm We will be following further instructions given to us there he said Sources said the oath ceremony will be held on Sunday at Raj Bhawan The incharge for Rajasthan affairs at the AICC Ajay Maken who arrived in Jaipur on Friday was also present at the chief ministers residence The strength of the Ashok Gehlot cabinet was 21 before the ministers resigned Rajasthan where the number of MLAs is 200 can have a maximum of 30 ministers including the chief minister The clamour for Cabinet reshuffle had been growing for the past several months with a demand to accommodate supporters of CM Gehlots former deputy Sachin Pilot who had revolted against the chief minister last year Apart from the ruling party MLAs independents who support the government and those who defected from the BSP to the Congress also have expectations from the reshuffle PTI SDA RDK RDK

Jodhpur Oct 22 PTI Senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Friday said the states next chief minister would be the person preferred by the people When asked for her reaction on the number of claimants for the chief ministers post in Rajasthan she said It does not happen by just wishing so What people want is more important She added that all communities needed to be loved and only that person who gets their love in return will be able to rule Terming the Congress as a sinking ship Raje said this was what she has been seeing considering the situation and infighting in the ruling party Earlier she met BJP leaders and workers at the circuit house and urged them to prepare for the next elections both in Rajasthan and the Lok Sabha I have asked all the workers to get ready as the bugle has to be blown for elections in 2023 assembly polls and 2024 general election I have told them to come out in great strength she said Raje had come to Jodhpur on a two-day visit on Thursday to pay homage to the mother of Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and former state minister Mahipal Maderna following their death During her stay at the circuit house she interacted with party workers and held meetings with local leaders about the BJPs prospects in Chief Minister Ashok Gehlots home district Gehlot represents Sardarpura constituency in Jodhpur district PTI COR HDA