Nearly a month after the formation of the BJP government in Rajasthan, 12 Cabinet Ministers and 10 Ministers of State were sworn in at a ceremony in Raj Bhavan in Jaipur on December 30. Governor Kalraj Mishra administered the oath of office to the newly inducted Ministers, who included former Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and former Rajya Sabha Member Kirodi Lal Meena.
Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma earlier met the Governor to seek his approval for new appointments to the Council of Ministers. With this, the Council of Ministers now comprises 25 members, including Mr. Sharma and his two deputies, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa.
Among the 10 Ministers of State, five were given independent charge. Official sources said the Ministers would get their portfolios by next week, even as the Opposition Congress has been targeting the State government over the delay in the Cabinet formation. Former CM Ashok Gehlot had recently said that the governance had come to a standstill in the BJP rule.
