Three ministers — Govind Singh Dotasra, Harish Chaudhary and Raghu Sharma — have been dropped and their resignations have been accepted by the Governor on the recommendation of the chief minister while three ministers — Mamta Bhupesh, Tikaram Jully and Bhajan Lal Jatav– will be elevated from MoS to cabinet rank.While Dotasra, Chaudhary and Sharma resigned on Friday, other ministers resigned in a meeting of the council of ministers on Saturday.The resignation of Sharma, Chaudhary and Dotasra was accepted as they hold party positions and the “one man, one post” formula has been applied in the state.Sharma has been appointed as the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge for Gujarat and Chaudhary as the AICC in charge for Punjab. Dotasra is the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief.The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government will have a total of 30 ministers, including 18 who had resigned earlier. Rajasthan can have a maximum of 30 ministers including the chief minister.Three ministers of state — those who have been elevated to cabinet rank — are from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community. Another SC member, former MP Govind Ram Meghwal, is a fresh face to be included in the refurbished cabinet.Rajendra Singh Guda, one of the six MLAs who defected from the BSP to the Congress, has also been included as a minister of state.No independent MLA has been given a ministerial berth, while some of them would be included as parliamentary secretaries.Some former BSP legislators would also be included as parliamentary secretaries, sources said, adding that some senior MLAs would be made advisers to the chief minister.After the Congress won by-polls held on two assembly seats recently, the tally of the ruling party has reached to 108 in the house of 200.
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