Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will induct 15 ministers in his Cabinet on Sunday. Twelve of them are new faces and three Ministers of State who will be elevated to Cabinet rank.
There will be five Sachin Pilot loyalists in the new Cabinet, finalised by the Congress high command.
Gehlot’s Cabinet is seeing a reshuffle for the first time since he took charge in 2018 and about 16 months after a rebellion led by then Deputy Chief Minister Pilot.
It is unclear what role Pilot will be given after the cabinet reshuffle.
While Pilot loyalists Ramesh Meena and Vishwendra Singh will return to the ministry, Brijendra Singh Ola, Hemaram Choudhary and Murarilal Meena will make an entry. Murarilal Meena will be inducted as a minister of state while the other three will be Cabinet ministers.
Besides accommodating Pilot loyalists, there is an attempt to send a message to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities as well. All three Ministers of State who are being elevated belong to Scheduled Caste communities: T Bhajanlal Jathav, Mamta Bhupesh and Tikaram Jully.
There will be three ministers from the Scheduled Tribe community — former MP Govind Ram Meghwal and Ramesh Meena as Cabinet ministers and Murarilal Meena.
One BSP MLA who had joined the Congress, Rajendrasingh Gudha, will find a place in the Council as a minister of state.
