Jaipur, December 27: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot late on Wednesday night allotted portfolios to his ministers, but retained the important ones with himself. While Gehlot kept nine departments with himself, including finance and home, five departments, including PWD, were allocated to deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot.

Besides finance and home, CM Gehlot kept department of excise, planning, personnel, general administration and information technology among others. His deputy Pilot has the department of rural development, Panchayati Raj, science and technology and statistics besides the PWD. 13 cabinet and 10 ministers of state were also allocated portfolios. Assembly Elections Results: BJP's Defeat in Madhya Pradesh Should Be A Warning Bell For Narendra Modi.

BD Kalla has been given energy, public health engineering, groundwater, art, culture and archaeology departments, while Shanti Dhariwal received urban development and housing, law and parliamentary affairs minister. Parsadi Lal was named industry minister whereas Master Bhanwar Lal Meghwal is the social justice and empowerment minister.

Agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries departments are with Lal Chand Kataria while medical and health, information and public relations departments are with Raghu Sharma. Pramod Bhaya is mines minister. Vishvendra Singh got tourism and devsthan department. Verdict in Hindi Heartland States Gives Congress Hope for 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.

Harish Chaudhary was allocated revenue and Ramesh Chand Meena given food and civil supply. Anjana Udailal was made cooperative minister and was also given Indira Gandhi canal project department, Pratap Singh given transport and soldier welfare departments while Shale Mohammad given the portfolio of minority affairs and waqf.

Portfolios among the ministers of state were also allocated with Govind Singh Dotasara being made MoS education (independent charge), and was also given tourism and devsthan. Mamta Bhupesh was given women and child development department (independent charge) along with minority affairs and waqf.

Arjun Singh Bamnia was given tribal area development department (independent charge) as well as industry and public enterprises departments. Bhanwar Singh Bhati was allocated higher education (independent charge) and revenue while Sukhram Bishnoi got forest (independent charge), environment (independent charge), food and civil supply and consumer affairs.

Ashok Chandna got youth affairs and sports (independent charge), skill development (independent charge), transport and soldier welfare, Tikaram Jully got labour (independent charge), industries and boilers inspection (independent charge), cooperatives and Indira Gandhi canal project department.

Bhajan Lal Jatav has civil defence (independent charge), agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries, Rajendra Singh Yadav was allocated state motor garage (independent charge), language department, social justice and empowerment, calamity management and relief departments while Subhash Garg (RLD) was allocated technical education (independent charge), Sanskrit education (independent charge), medical and health, information and public relations department.

The portfolios were allocated after Gehlot and Pilot held meetings with Congress president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Wednesday. There had been disagreement between Gehlot and Pilot on the allocation of key portfolios such as home and finance.

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