13 cabinet, 10 ministers of state to take oath in Rajasthan on Monday

Yash Goyal
Jaipur, December 23

After a week of consultations, the new Congress government in Rajasthan will induct 23 ministers, including 13 of cabinet rank, in the Ashok Gehlot cabinet on Monday at an oath-taking ceremony scheduled at Raj Bhawan at 11.30 am. 

Governor Kalyan Singh will administer the oath to ministers whose figure in the list submitted to Raj Bhawan.

Among the probables to be sworn in are: B D Kalla, Dr Raghu Sharma, Shanti Dhariwal, Lalchand Kataria, Pramod Jain Bhaiya, Prasadilal Meena, Vishwendra Singh, Harish Choudhary, Ramesh Meena, Master Bhanwar Lal Meghwal, Pratap Singh Khachariawas, Udailal Anjana, Saleh Mohd, Govind Singh Dotasar, Mamta Bhupesh, Arjun Bamanwas, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Sukhram Vishnoi, Ashok Chandana, Teekram, Bhajanlal Jatav, R S Yadav and RLD's Subash Garg. 

Preparations for the swearing-in are on in a full swing at Raj Bhawan, Lokesh Sharma, its spokesperson told The Tribune on Sunday.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Deputy CM Sachin Pilot who got clearance of names for ministerial candidates after hours of discussion with Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Delhi late last night returned to the state capital this evening.

Gehlot and Pilot were sworn in as chief minister and deputy chief minister on December 17, six days after the assembly election results were announced on December 11.