Rajasthan cabinet reshuffle LIVE updates: On Saturday, all ministers in the Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government submitted their resignations, paving the way for a Cabinet rejig in the state. The resignations were announced after a meeting of the Rajasthan council of ministers at CM Gehlot’s official residence in Jaipur. The new Cabinet will be inducted today. On Saturday night, former state education minister Govind Singh Dotasara had confirmed the names of the MLAs who will be taking oath on Sunday. The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government will have a total of 30 ministers, including 18 who had resigned earlier. Three ministers of state, all of whom are from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community, have been elevated to the Cabinet rank. A total of 12 new ministers will be inducted into the Cabinet, five of them from the Sachin Pilot camp. Follow IndiaToday.in for all LIVE updates.
The two ministers, including Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena, are those who were sacked last year for rebelling and have been rein ducted into the cabinet.
Six MLAs, including three independents, have been appointed advisers to CM Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan, hours after 15 ministers took oath in a cabinet expansion. The Congress MLAs who have been appointed advisers are Jitendra Singh, Rajkumar Sharma and Danish Abrar. Read | Rajasthan Cabinet expanded: 15 ministers sworn in