Rajasthan: Gehlot, Pilot sworn in as CM, Deputy CM

December 17, 2018 11:31 am | Updated 11:41 am IST - Jaipur

Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot at the legislature meeting in Jaipur, on Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot at the legislature meeting in Jaipur, on Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot were sworn in on Monday as Rajasthan’s Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minster respectively.

The swearing in ceremony was organised at Albert Hall in Jaipur.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and H.D. Deve Gowda were in attendance.

Outgoing Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, LJD leader Sharad Yadav, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, DMK leader M.K. Stalin, JMM leader Hemant Soren, JVM leader Babulal Marandi were among others who were present at the ceremony.

(With inputs from Mohammed Iqbal and PTI)

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