JAIPUR: Kamal Nath, Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel will on Monday take oath as the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, respectively.
Ashok Gehlot today took oath as the Rajasthan chief minister in the outdoor venue of Jaipur’s Albert Hall.Sachin Pilot was sworn in as his deputy.
Governor Kalyan Singh administered the oath to Gehlot and Pilot. Both the leaders took oath in Hindi; Pilot was seen donning a traditional Rajasthani saafa.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday thanked the people of Rajasthan for believing in the party and vowed that the state government will fulfil its responsibilities.
The Congress party congratulated new chief minister and deputy CM of Rajasthan.Apart from Rahul Gandhi, key leaders who were seen at the oath-taking ceremony were former prime ministers Manmohan Singh and HD Deve Gowda, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Former CM Vasundhara Raje, Congress leader Jitin Prasad and other leaders at the swearing-in ceremony of CM designate Ashok Gehlot and Deputy CM designate Sachin Pilot in Jaipur.
National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, Janata Dal (Secular) chief H.D. Devegpwda, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Hemant Soren, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham’s Kanimozhi and M.K. Stalin, were also present at the swearing-in.
