Rajasthan: Congress appoints party in-charge for districts

JAIPUR: The Congress has revised the list of ministers in-charge of districts on Sunday. The list was revised due to complaints against the existing in-change of districts for not performing their roles and change in the cabinet composition after the political crisis.
The changes were decided on Saturday but announced on Sunday. Two districts went vacant after two ministers, Ramesh Meena and Vishvendra Singh, were dropped from the cabinet for siding with the rebel group led by Sachin Pilot.
Minister of local self-government and urban development and housing Shanti Kumar Dhariwal has been made the in-charge of the state capital Jaipur. Agriculture minister Lalchand Kataria has been given the charge of two divisional headquarters districts (Ajmer and Kota), while transport minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas will represent the party from the government in Udaipur. Health minister Raghu Sharma will lead the party as in charge of Tonk and Bhilwara. Sources said that revised list made before the cabinet reshuffle is made to strengthen the presence of party before the Congress in charge in Rajasthan Ajay Maken begins his second round of taking feedback in the state.
“During the feedback programme in Jaipur and Ajmer, bother PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra and Maken received complaints from the party workers against the senior leaders, including party in-charges. It is the reason that they were changed by the party,” said sources.