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Jaipur, Nov 21 (PTI) Congress and independent MLAs, who had expectations from the Rajasthan Cabinet expansion but were not accommodated in the reshuffle, would be adjusted through political appointments such as parliamentary secretaries, sources in the party said on Sunday.
Fifteen ministers – 11 cabinet and four ministers of state – were sworn in on Sunday in Rajasthan, in a much-awaited expansion of the Gehlot ministry.
Addressing a press conference at the Congress office here, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that those who were expecting a ministerial berth but could not get one have no less roles.
The sources said that besides Congress MLAs, those independents who had supported Gehlot during the rebellion by deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs last year, had expectations from the cabinet reshuffle.
But no independent MLA has been inducted as minister, they said.
Quoting Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Gehlot said that those who keep patience get rewarded one day.