3 Rajasthan Cabinet Ministers offer to quit

Reshuffle likely as they write to Sonia

In an indication of an imminent Cabinet reshuffle in Rajasthan, three Ministers holding important portfolios in the Ashok Gehlot government as well as the party posts on Friday offered their resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The ministers’ offer to quit suggested that the much-awaited Cabinet rejig will be based on “one man, one post” formula.

All India Congress Committee general secretary Ajay Maken, who arrived here on Friday evening to take part in a ‘Kisan Vijay Diwas’ rally, told reporters that Ministers Govind Singh Dotasra, Raghu Sharma and Harish Chaudhary had offered to resign in a letter addressed to Ms. Gandhi and expressed their desire to serve in the party organisation.

“I had met the Ministers in Jaipur on July 30, when some of them had expressed their willingness to work for the party. Our three honhaar (promising) Ministers have made the offer of resignation. They obviously want to work in the organisation,” Mr. Maken said at Sanganer airport after his arrival from New Delhi.