Vasundhara Raje waves to supporters after BJP secured historic win in Rajasthan
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today inducted a group of ministers into her cabinet. The Governor administered oath to the ministers at a ceremony at Raj Bhawan.
The ministers who were inducted were: Dinesh Chand Katariya (Chargesheeted in theSohrabuddin fake encounter case, out on anticipatory bail), Rajendra Rathore (arrested in DaraSingh encounter case, but absolved by district court), Nand Lal Meena (ST), YunusKhan, who is the only Muslim face in her cabinet, Gajendra Singh Khimsar, Prabhu LalSaini, Sanwar Mal Jat, Kalicharan Saraf and Kailash Nath Meghwa.
The ministers of state (MoS) with independent charge included Arun Chaturvedi, Ajay SinghKilak and Hem Singh Bhadana.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a historic victory by winning 163 of the total 200 seats in the recently-held Assembly elections.
Ms Raje took oath as Chief Minister at a grand ceremony in Jaipur on December 13, but the induction of ministers was being delayed.