Rajasthan Cabinet Reshuffle: 11 Cabinet and 4 New State Ministers to take Oath Today
There will be a major reshuffle in the Gehlot cabinet on Sunday. 11 cabinet and 4 new ministers of state will take the oath. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at the Raj Bhavan at 4 pm. Earlier, the resignations of all the ministers of the Gehlot cabinet were taken, out of which the resignations of Raghu Sharma, Harish Chaudhary, Govind Singh Dotasara were accepted. The names of the new ministers have been decided. Apart from Vishvendra Singh, 4 ministers have been made from the pilot camp. Promoted 3 ministers of state and made cabinet ministers. Now there are 29 ministers in the Gehlot cabinet, now the quota of 30 including CM has been completed, not a single place is vacant.
There will be a total of 15 ministers
11 cabinet ministers: Hemaram Chaudhary, Mahendrajit Singh Malviya, Ramlal Jat, Mahesh Joshi, Vishvendra Singh, Ramesh Meena, Mamta Bhupesh, Bhajanlal Jatav, Tikaram Julie, Govind Meghwal, Shakuntala Rawat.
4 MoS: Zahida, Brijendra Ola, Rajendra Gudha and Murarilal Meena
Only three ministers holding posts in the organization have been dropped. The swearing-in ceremony will take place on Sunday at 4 pm. All the ministers have been called to the state Congress headquarters at 2 pm on Sunday, from there all will go to the Raj Bhavan. The new MLAs who became ministers have been informed by phone on Saturday night itself. In the meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the CM residence on Saturday evening, resignations were taken from all the ministers. The resignations of only those 3 ministers who have been removed have been accepted, all the rest will also be included in the new cabinet.
Major reshuffle in the portfolios of ministers
It is believed that there will be a huge reshuffle in the portfolios of the ministers. Except for a few ministers, the portfolios of most will be changed. The portfolios of the ministers have also been decided at the level of the Congress High Command, whose decision will be taken after the swearing-in ceremony.
Know how the new cabinet can be in 7 points…
1. Jat instead of Dotasara and Harish and Brahmin face instead of Raghu
In place of Govind Singh Dotasara, Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma, new faces are being given a place in the cabinet. Two Jats and one Brahmin face are being given a chance. Ramlal Jat, Brijendra Singh Ola, Hemaram Chaudhary will be given a chance as Jat faces in place of Dotasara and Harish Chaudhary.
Mahesh Joshi will replace Raghu Sharma as the minister. Hemaram, Ramlal Jat and Ola have also been ministers with Gehlot in the past. Mahesh Joshi is considered very close to Gehlot and is currently the chief whip of the government.
2. Gudha will become a minister among those who come from BSP to Congress
Rajendra Singh Gudha is being made a minister of state among those who have joined the Congress from the BSP. All the six MLAs who joined the Congress from BSP were contending, but the remaining five can be satisfied by making them advisors or parliamentary secretaries to the CM.
3. In place of Master Bhanwarlal, Mamta Bhupesh, Tikaram Julie promoted, Govind new faces from the Depressed Classes
After the death of Master Bhanwarlal Meghwal, there was no Dalit cabinet minister in the Gehlot government. Govind Meghwal is being made a cabinet minister in place of Master Bhanwarlal Meghwal. Three Dalit state ministers will be promoted and made cabinet ministers. Govind Meghwal had been Parliamentary Secretary in Vasundhara Raje's first term, later he left BJP and joined Congress.
4. Malviya from tribal area
Mahendrajit Malviya will be made a minister as the tribal face. Malviya has been a minister in the past as well. Malviya's wife is the district head.
5. Zahida from minority, Shakuntala from Gujjar community
Zahida from the minority community will be made a minister of state. Shakuntala Rawat as a Gurjar face is being given a place as a cabinet minister. There was every possibility of getting a chance for the Gujjar faces in terms of the internal politics of the Congress. Zahida Khan has previously been the Parliamentary Secretary.
6. Apart from Vishvendra Singh, 4 ministers from the pilot camp
Apart from Vishvendra Singh, 4 ministers are becoming from the Sachin Pilot camp. Ramesh Meena and Vishvendra Singh, who was sacked during the rebellion, are being made cabinet ministers again. Hemaram Choudhary will also become a cabinet minister. Brijendra Singh Ola is being made Minister of State.
7. No minister from 13 districts even after the reshuffle
Even after the reshuffle, there is currently no minister from 13 districts in the Gehlot government. Ajmer, Nagaur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Pratapgarh, Dungarpur, Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Sikar, Sirohi, Dholpur, Tonk, Sawai Madhopur districts are not ministers even after the reshuffle. This is being considered a shortcoming from the point of view of achieving regional balance. Nagaur, considered a Congress stronghold, has no minister from Sikar. Two districts of the canal area are also vacant.
