Rajasthan cabinet expansion was the most awaited after the election results. After a long wait, the cabinet of the Bhajan Lal government was finally formed in Rajasthan. Governor Kalraj Mishra on Saturday administered the oath of office to 22 MLAs at Raj Bhawan. Moreover, in the Bhajanlal cabinet, 12 cabinet ministers, 5 ministers of state (independent charge) and 5 ministers of state were sworn in.
Before that BJP won 115 seats in Rajasthan. Whereas, Congress got 69 seats. Voting was held on 199 out of 200 seats in the state. Elections on one seat were postponed due to the death of a candidate. In Rajasthan, the BJP had fielded a total of seven MPs including one Rajya Sabha MP. Although three MPs lost the election and four won. Names like Kirodilal Meena, Baba Balaknath, Rajyavardhan Singh and Diya Kumari are on the list of MPs who reached the Assembly after winning the elections in Rajasthan.
On December 15, Bhajanlal Sharma took oath as Chief Minister. Along with him, Diya Kumari and Premchandra Bairwa took oath as Deputy CMs.
Today morning, CM Bhajanlal Sharma went to Raj Bhavan and met the Governor for Rajasthan cabinet expansion. The Rajasthan cabinet expansion was held today on the 30th of December 2023. All in all 22 ministers have taken oath in the government led by Bhajanlal Sharma. The swearing-in ceremony of the Rajasthan Cabinet Expansion started at 1:45 PM. First of all, Dr. Kirodilal Meena took oath as Cabinet Minister.
Ministers who took the oath
Cabinet Ministers
- Kirori Lal Meena
- Gajendra Singh Khinsar
- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
- Babulal Kharadi
- Madan Dilawar
- Jogaram Patel
- Suresh Singh Rawat
- Avinash Gehlot
- Joraram Kumawat
- Hemant Meena
- Kanhaiyalal Chaudhary
- Sumit Godara
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
- Sanjay Sharma
- Gautam Kumar
- Jhabar Singh Kharra
- Surendra Pal Singh TT
- Hiralal Nagar
Ministers of State
- Otaram Dewasi
- Dr Manju Baghmar
- Vijay Singh Chaudhary
- KK Vishnoi
- Jawahar Singh Bedham
16 District got Representation in Rajasthan Cabinet Expansion
| Districts | Number of Ministers |
| Jaipur | 4 CM and two Deputy CM |
| Jodhpur | 2 |
| Udaipur | 1 |
| Kota | 2 |
| Bikaner | 1 |
| Ganganagar | 1 |
| Ajmer | 1 |
| Pali | 2 |
| Nagaur | 2 |
| Pratapgarh | 2 |
| Tonk | 1 |
| Alwar | 1 |
| Chittorgarh | 1 |
| Sikar | 1 |
| Barmer | 1 |
| Bharatpur | 1 |
Highlight of Rajasthan Cabinet Expansion
Baba Balaknath lagged in the race to become the first CM and now a minister.
Baba Balaknath was the first in the race to become CM. After that now he has lagged in the race to become a minister. Because his name did not appear in the recently formed cabinet. However, it is being said that to create balance in the cabinet, no saint was made a minister. At the same time, some political experts believe that Baba Balaknath has become a victim of media trials.