Cong, Independent MLAs not accommodated in reshuffle to be adjusted in political appointments

Jaipur | Sunday | 21st November, 2021

Summary:

Jaipur, Nov 21 (PTI) Congress and independent MLAs, who had expectations from the Cabinet expansion but were not accommodated in the reshuffle, would be adjusted in political appointments.

Party sources said that 15 parliamentary secretaries and seven advisers to the chief minister will be appointed.

This will accommodate 22 MLAs who had expectations that they would be made part of the government.

Those left out will be given other political appointments as chairperson of various boards and corporations, the party sources said.

The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government had faced a political crisis in July last year after the then deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress MLAs took a rebellious stand against Gehlot"s leadership.

Rest of the Congress MLAs, independent legislators who were supporting the government, MLAs who quit the BSP and joined the Congress had camped in hotels under the leadership of Gehlot.