Lagatar24 Desk
Jaipur, Nov 22: The Rajasthan government on Monday allocated portfolios to ministers of the new cabinet. While CM Ashok Gehlot will be keeping the Home, Taxation, DOP, GAD, Cabinet Secretariat, NRI, Rajasthan state investigation Bureau, DIPR, IT & Communication, and Finance ministries.
Dr. BD Kalla will look over the Education ministry, and Shanti Dhariwal will look after Local Self Government, Law & legal affairs, Legal consultancy office, Parliamentary affairs, and elections ministries. Parsadilal Meena will look after Health and Excise ministries.
While Vishvendra Singh, got the tourism portfolio back, Ramesh Meena got the charge of Panchayati Raj. Saleh Mohammad got the charge of minority affairs and Shanti Dhariwal retained the charge of parliamentary affairs.
In addition to this, Independent legislators Babu Lal Nagar, Sanyam Lodha, and Ramkesh Meena have also been appointed advisers to Gehlot, according to a list released by the Chief Minister’s Office. With the induction of 12 new ministers and the elevation of three ministers from MoS to cabinet rank today, the state now has 30 ministers.