The Rajasthan Cabinet on Thursday took various important decisions including promoting tourism of the state and amendment in state Civil Services (absorption of ex-servicemen) rules among others.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 19 (ANI): As violent protests against the Centre's new short-term recruitment policy for armed forces continue in parts of the country, the Rajasthan Cabinet has passed a resolution demanding the withdrawal of the Centre's Agnipath scheme keeping in mind the "larger public interest and the sentiments of the youths".
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 23 (ANI): Asserting that the Congres party is "United", senior Congress leader and Rajasthan Cabinet Minister Raghu Sharma on Tuesday said that there can be differences in the party but the party cadres never worked as a dividing force in Rajasthan.
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 21 (ANI): Rajasthan Congress MLA from Kherwara, Dayaram Parmar on Sunday expressed his disappointment at the Rajasthan Cabinet reshuffle and said that it seems some special qualifications are needed to become a minister.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 21 (ANI): Hours after Cabinet reshuffle, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said that he tried to give representation to people belonging from all communities.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 21 (ANI): Congress MLA from Rajasthan's Ramgarh Shafia Zubair on Sunday expressed her disappointment over the Rajasthan Cabinet reshuffle and said that those with a bad reputation have been promoted.
Jaipur Nov 21 PTI Fifteen ministers 11 cabinet and four ministers of state were sworn in on Sunday in Rajasthan in a much-awaited expansion of the Ashok Gehlot ministryGovernor Kalraj Mishra administered the oath of office to the new ministersOf them five are believed to be from Congress leader and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilots camp which had rebelled against Gehlots leadership in 2020Chief Minister Gehlot told reporters after the oath taking ceremony that representation has been given to all be it scheduled tribes scheduled castes backward classes or minoritiesHe said that portfolios will be allotted while keeping in mind preparations for the assembly elections in 2023Pilot who along with 18 other Congress MLAs had rebelled expressed satisfaction over the new council of ministers saying it has been done with a comprehensive approach and will send a good message across the stateThe 11 cabinet ministers include three Mamta Bhupesh Bhajan Lal Jatav and Tikaram Jully-- who have been elevated from minister of state MoS to cabinet rank while two -- Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena -- are those who were sacked last year for rebelling and have been reinducted as cabinet ministersHemaram Choudhary Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya Ramlal Jat Mahesh Joshi Govindram Meghwal and Shakuntla Rawat were also sworn in as cabinet ministersZahida Brijendra Singh Ola Rajendra Gudha and Murari Lal Meena were sworn in as ministers of stateThe council of ministers in the Congress government in Rajasthan now has 19 cabinet ministers and 10 minister of state apart from the chief ministerChief Minister Gehlot and members of his council of ministers were among those present at the oath taking ceremony at the Raj BhawanThe number in the council of ministers in the state has increased to 30 now The Rajasthan Cabinet can have a maximum of 30 ministers including the chief ministerIn the cabinet expansion and reshuffle process three ministers - Govind Singh Dotasra Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma -- were droppedThe resignations of Sharma Chaudhary and Dotasra were accepted according to the one man one post formula of the Congress They all hold positions in the partySharma has been appointed as the All India Congress Committee AICC in-charge for Gujarat and Chaudhary as the AICC in-charge for Punjab while Dotasra is the Rajasthan Congress chiefChaudhary and Sharma were cabinet ministers and Dotasra was a MoSDotasra Chaudhary and Sharma resigned on Friday from the council of ministers while other members of the previous Gehlot Cabinet resigned in a meeting on Saturday to make way for the expansionAfter the swearing in ceremony Gehlot also said some of the MLAs could not be given an opportunity but they will be adjusted in posts such as parliamentary secretary adviser to the chief minister and chairman of various boards and corporationsBesides Congress MLAs those independents who had supported the government at the time of the 2019 political crisis too had expectations from the cabinet reshuffle but no independent MLA has been inducted as ministerFormer deputy chief minister Pilot said representation of Dalits tribal and women has increased in the cabinet which is a welcome moveThe Congress leader said in this reshuffle and expansion the government structure has been prepared in a new form with regional and social balance which will benefit the partyAfter the induction of ministers four cabinet ministers will be from the Dalit community Of them three are those who were elevated from MoS to cabinet rank and one --Govindram Meghwal -- is a new faceThe expanded Cabinet has three women ministers Two are cabinet ministers -- Mamta Bhupesh and Shakuntala Rawat -- and one is an MoS ZahidaCabinet minister Mahesh Joshi is also chief whip while MoS Brijendra Ola is the son of former Union minister Sisram OlaMoS Rajendra Gudha is one of the six MLAs who defected from BSP to the CongressAmong the 15 ministers who took oath on Sunday Hemaram Choudhary is the senior-most MLA He is a six time MLARamlal Jat is a four-time MLA Mahendra Jeet Singh Malviya Vishvendra Singh Ramesh Meena Brijendra Ola and Murari Meena are three-time MLAs while rest of the ministers who took oath are two-time MLAs PTI SDA ANB ANB
Jaipur Nov 21 PTI Fifteen ministers 11 cabinet and four ministers of state were sworn in on Sunday in Rajasthan in a much-awaited expansion of the Ashok Gehlot ministry Governor Kalraj Mishra administered the oath of office to the new ministers The 11 cabinet ministers include three Mamta Bhupesh Bhajan Lal Jatav and Tikaram Jully-- who have been elevated from minister of state MoS to cabinet rank while two -- Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena -- are those who were sacked last year for rebelling and have been reinducted as cabinet ministers Hemaram Choudhary Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya Ramlal Jat Mahesh Joshi Govindram Meghwal and Shakuntla Rawat were also sworn in as cabinet ministers Zahida Brijendra Singh Ola Rajendra Gudha and Murari Lal Meena were sworn in as MoS The council of ministers in Rajasthan now has 19 cabinet ministers and 10 MoS apart from the chief minister Chief Minister Gehlot and members of his council of ministers were among those present at the function The number in the council of ministers in the the state has reached 30 The Rajasthan Cabinet can have a maximum of 30 ministers including the chief minister PTI SDA ANB ANB
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