CM keeps key depts

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Published on : 01 Jan, 19 08:01

home; Pilot gets PWD and 4 others
Jaipur inducted Rajasthan ministers have been allocated portfolios, with chief minister Ashok Gehlot keeping nine departments, including the key finance and home, to himself.
According to the orders issued by the Cabinet Secretariat here, deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot has been given the charge of public works, rural development, panchayati raj, science and technology and statistics departments.
The final allocation late on Wednesday was preceded by several rounds of meetings in New Delhi between CM Ashok Gehlot his deputy Sachin Pilot and party president Rahul Gandhi. Gehlot also met senior Congress leaders, Avinash Pande and KC Venugopal, before the three went to meet party president .
Earlier on Wednesday, two senior BJP leaders had mocked the delay in portfolio distribution after the ministers were sworn in on December 24. Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said there are two governments in the state, one headed by Gehlot and the other by his deputy, Pilot. State BJP president Madanlal Saini said the two parallel governments in the state were fighting each other.
Rajasthan governor Kalyan Singh allocated the portfolios to the council of ministers on Wednesday night.the chief minister kept nine departments with him, including finance, home, excise, planning, personnel, state intelligence, information technology and general administration departments.
Thirteen cabinet and 10 ministers of state were allocated portfolios. The cabinet expansion took place on Monday.
BD Kalla has been given energy, public health engineering, groundwater, art, culture and archaeology departments, and Shanti Dhariwal got urban development and housing, law and parliamentary affairs.
Parsadi Lal Meena has been named the industries minister, and Bhanwar Lal Meghwal got social justice and empowerment department. Lalchand Kataria received the agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries departments. Raghu Sharma has been given the medical and health, and information and public relations portfolios. Pramod Bhaya is the mines minister and will also handle the gaopalan department. Vishvendra Singh got tourism and devasthan departments.
Harish Chaudhary was allocated revenue and Ramesh Chand Meena got food and civil supply. Anjana Udailal was made cooperative minister and was also given Indira Gandhi canal project department, Pratap Singh got the transport and soldier welfare departments while Shale Mohammad minority affairs and waqf.
Among the ministers of state, Govind Singh Dotasara has been named the education minister with independent charge, and Mamta Bhupesh is the minister for women and child development (independent charge). Arjun Singh Bamaniya got tribal area development department as independent charge and Bhanwar Singh Bhati is the minister of higher education (independent charge). Sukhram Bishnoi got the forest and environment portfolio and Ashok Chandna is the new youth affairs and sports minister.
Tika Ram Jully has been named the labour minister and Bhajan Lal Jatav is the minister for home guards and civil defence.
Rajendra Singh Yadav was named the minister with independent charge for state motor garage, and RLD MLA Subhash Garg was allocated technical education and Sanskrit education (independent charge).