Rajasthan State Assembly Elections 2008 - Congress Cabinet Ministers Announced, Takes Oath
Indian National Congress Sworn in Rajasthan State Assembly 2008-12
Ashok Gehlot, who spearheaded the Congress campaign and brought it back to power in assembly elections in Rajasthan, was sworn in as Chief Minister for a second term in office. Congress, which had won 96 seats in the 200-member assembly, received the support of 8 independents to get majority.
Gehlot, who was the Chief Minister between 1998 and 2003, was sworn in at a public ceremony in front of a large number of Congressmen by Governor S K Singh. He was the only one to take oath on 13 December.
His election as Congress Legislative Party leader was preceded by intense jockeying for power by rival faction chiefs, including on caste line that some one from the Jat community should be given the top political job.
C P Joshi, the party’s state unit President who lost by one vote in Nathdwara constituency, was also in the race apart from senior leaders like Union Minister Sis Ram Ola and Parasram Maderna, both Jats.
Who Have been Inducted as Cabinet Ministers in Rajasthan?
Eleven cabinet and two state ministers have been inducted into the newly formed Ashok Gehlot led Congress government in Rajasthan today
The cabinet ministers Immuddin “Durumyim”, Bharat Singh, Bina Kak, Brij Kishore Sharma, Harjiram Burdak, Hema Ram Choudhary, Mahendrajit Singh Malviya, Mahipal Maderna, Master Bhanwar Lal, Prasadi Lal Meena (independent) and Shanti Dhariwal, took oath in Hindi language.
R K Saini and Golma Devi were sworn in as state ministers.
Ashok Gehlot was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor S K Singh. 11 other Cabinet Ministers and two State Ministers also took oath. Golma Devi, wife of BJP rebel Kirori La Meena, was a surprise induction into the Gehlot ministry. Golma Devi is an illiterate and could not not even read the oath papers. She had to take the help of a MLA to take oath.
It’s an irony that Congress had to induct such an illiterate woman as a Minister, who can’t even read her own name and use thumb impression to mark her signature. Golma Devi told that her husband Kirori Lal Meena will help her managing the ministry.
The delay in the formation of cabinet was mainly because of issues related to Kirorilal Meena’s inclusion. But after a meeting between Kirorilal and Gehlot the former declined the offer to become a minister, but agreed to allow his wife Golma Devi to be a minister.
Its our personal belief that ministers can change the way people live in a state and these ministers of Rajasthan state will have a tough task ahead as lot of issues have come up in recent past, the major one been the public is more awake than anytime before!!
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