# Bhajan Lal Sharma ministry

The Bhajan Lal Sharma ministry represents the formation of the Twenty-seventh cabinet of the Indian state Rajasthan under the leadership of Bhajan Lal Sharma, who has been elected the Fifteenth Chief Minister of Rajasthan. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Bhajan Lal Sharma, secured an absolute majority in the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, winning 115 out of the 200 seats in the state assembly.

## History

The results of the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election were released on 3 December 2023, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a majority in the winning 115 of the 230 seats in the state legislative assembly. On 12 December 2023, after days of deliberations, the BJP picked Bhajan Lal Sharma, a first-time MLA, as its chief minister. Prem Chand Bairwa and Diya Kumari were chosen to be deputy chief ministers. The new government was officially sworn in on 15 December 2023.

## Council of Ministers

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### Cabinet Ministers

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Chief Minister General AdministrationHome AffairsExcisePersonnelAnti Corruption BureauPlanningPolicy making cellInformation and Public Relations Other departments not allocated to any Minister | Bhajan Lal Sharma | 15 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Deputy Chief Minister FinanceTourismWomen & Child DevelopmentArt & Cultural AffairsPublic WorksChild Empowerment | Diya Kumari | 15 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Deputy Chief Minister Higher EducationRoad Transport and HighwaysTechnical EducationAyurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy | Prem Chand Bairwa | 15 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Agriculture and IndustryRural DevelopmentDisaster Management Assistance and Civil DefensePublic Prosecution Redressal | Kirodi Lal Meena | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Medical and HealthMedical and Health Services | Gajendra Singh Khimsar | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Industry and CommerceInformation Technology and CommunicationYouth Affairs and SportsSkill Planning and EntrepreneurshipSainik Welfare | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Tribal Area DevelopmentHome Guards | Babulal Kharadi | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Parliamentary AffairsLaw and Legal AffairsMinister of Justice | Jogaram Patel | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Water ResourcesWater Resources Planning | Suresh Singh Rawat | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| School EducationPanchayati RajSanskrit Education | Madan Dilawar | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Social Justice and Empowerment | Avinash Gehlot | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Animal Husbandry and DairyCow HusbandryDevasthan | Joraram Kumawat | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| RevenueColonization | Hemant Meena | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Food and Civil SuppliesConsumer Affairs | Sumit Godara | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Public Health EngineeringGround Water | Kanhaiya Lal Choudhary | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |

### Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Forest, Environment and Climate ChangeScience and Technology | Sanjay Sharma | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| CooperativeCivil Development | Gautam Kumar | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Urban DevelopmentHealth Governance | Jhabar Singh Kharra | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Energy | Heeralal Nagar | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |

### Ministers of State

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Panchayati Raj and Rural DevelopmentDisaster Management Assistance and Civil Defense | Otaram Dewasi | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Public WorksWomen and Child DevelopmentChild Empowerment | Manju Baghmar | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| RevenueColonizationSainik Kalyan | Vijay Singh Chaudhary | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| Industry and CommerceYouth Affairs and SportsSkill Planning and EntrepreneurshipPolicy Making | KK Vishnoi | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |
| HomeCow HusbandryAnimal Husbandry and DairyFisheries | Jawahar Singh Bedham | 30 December 2023 | Incumbent | BJP |

## Former Ministers

| SI No. | Name | Department | Tenure | Reason | Party | Party |
| 1. | Surender Pal Singh | Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Educator Indira Gandhi Canal Minority Affairs | 30 December 2023 – 8 January 2024 | Lost Election | | BJP |

## Demographics

Representation of ministers by district
| District | Ministers | Name of ministers |
| Ganganagar | 0 | |
| Hanumangarh | 0 | |
| Bikaner | 1 | Sumit Godara |
| Churu | 0 | |
| Jhunjhunu | 0 | |
| Sikar | 1 | Jhabar Singh Kharra |
| Jaipur | 4 | Bhajan Lal Sharma Diya Kumari Prem Chand Bairwa Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore |
| Alwar | 1 | Sanjay Sharma |
| Bharatpur | 1 | Jawahar Singh Bedham |
| Dholpur | 0 | |
| Karauli | 0 | |
| Dausa | 0 | |
| Sawai Madhopur | 1 | Kirodi Lal Meena |
| Tonk | 1 | Kanhaiya Lal Choudhary |
| Ajmer | 1 | Suresh Singh Rawat |
| Nagaur | 2 | Manju Baghmar Vijay Singh Choudhary |
| Pali | 2 | Avinash Gehlot Joraram Kumawat |
| Jodhpur | 2 | Gajendra Singh Khimsar Jogaram Patel |
| Jaisalmer | 0 | |
| Barmer | 1 | KK Vishnoi |
| Jalore | 0 | |
| Sirohi | 1 | Otaram Dewasi |
| Udaipur | 1 | Babulal Kharadi |
| Pratapgarh | 1 | Hemant Meena |
| Dungarpur | 0 | |
| Banswara | 0 | |
| Chittorgarh | 1 | Gautam Kumar |
| Bhilwara | 0 | |
| Bundi | 0 | |
| Kota | 2 | Heeralal Nagar Madan Dilawar |
| Baran | 0 | |
| Jhalawar | 0 | |