A day after expanding his cabinet, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday allocated portfolios to his ministers, retaining the portfolios of Home, Finance, and IT & Communication.
A total of 15 new ministers – 11 cabinet ministers and four ministers of state – took oath on Sunday as Gehlot restructured his cabinet.
Of the 15 new ministers, 12 are new faces, including five loyalists of former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, while three ministers of state, all of whom are from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community, have been elevated to the cabinet rank. The cabinet also features three women.
Check who’s got which ministry in Rajasthan cabinet:
- BD Kalla has been allocated Education ministry.
- Parsadi Lal Meena has been given the charge of Health ministry.
- Shanti Dhariwal retained Parliamentary Affairs ministry and Saleh Mohammad Minority Affairs.
- Pramod Jain Bhaya retained Mines and Petroleum ministry.
- Lalchand Kataria will look after Agriculture ministry.
- Udailal Anjana has been given Cooperative ministry.
- Vishvendra Singh, who was sacked from the Rajasthan cabinet last year, has been assigned Tourism portfolio back.
- Ramesh Meena is the new Panchayati Raj minister.
- Brijendra Ola has been allocated Road Transport portfolio, while Bhajan Lal Jatav got PWD ministry and Shakuntala Rawat Industries ministry.
