Summary:
Jaipur, Nov 21 (PTI) Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said portfolios to his ministers will be given keeping next Assembly polls in mind and they will buck the trend of power alternately shifting between his party and the BJP in the state.
The assertion by the CM was backed by other party leaders, who also exuded the confidence of retaining power in the 2023 Assembly polls.
The Congress and the BJP are the two principal political parties in Rajasthan and for over two decades, they have come to power alternately as no other outfit has been able to form government since 1998.
Fifteen ministers were sworn-in on Sunday, in a much-awaited expansion of the council of ministers in the state.
Gehlot told reporters before the oath ceremony, "It is the commitment of the Congress Party to return to power in next Assembly elections.
We will buck the trend." The chief minister said in the restructuring of the council of ministers, representation has been given to all sections, be it SCs/STs, OBCs, minorities and women.