Summary:
Jaipur, Nov 21 (PTI) Fifteen ministers took the oath in Rajasthan on Sunday in a cabinet expansion that included 12 new faces, fulfilling a key demand of former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot whose rebellion last year shook the state’s Congress government.
The 11 cabinet-rank and four ministers of state (MoS) sworn in by Governor Kalraj Mishra included five considered to be in the Pilot camp.
Among them were Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena, back now as cabinet-rank ministers after being sacked during the revolt.
The list included three MoS, all Dalits, from the old team who were elevated to the cabinet rank.
The Congress also made room for an MLA who had switched over from the Bahujan Samaj Party.
All 20 members of the earlier ministry had submitted their resignations just ahead of the long-awaited reshuffle.