While making Ashok Gehlot Congress president triggered a crisis, removing Sitaram Kesri from the post was a bigger challenge. Here is the story of the 1998 coup and what happened before and after that reshaped the party.
Fifteen ministers, including 12 new faces, took oath on Sunday in Jaipur, fulfilling a key demand of former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot whose rebellion last year shook the state s Congress government.
Chief 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 minorities. He said that portfolios will be allotted while keeping in mind preparations for the assembly elections in 2023.