Political postings to boards rolled out in Rajasthan

This was a major demand of the Pilot camp in the ruling Cong.

The Congress government in Rajasthan has made the long-awaited political appointments by naming 58 persons, including 11 MLAs, to as many as 44 boards, corporations and commissions. The MLAs accommodated at the new positions included those who did not get ministerial berths in the State Cabinet expansion in November 2021 despite their high expectations.

The political appointments were one of the major demands raised by the Sachin Pilot camp in the ruling Congress. The main contenders for these posts were the political leaders, who contested the 2018 State Assembly election on the party ticket and lost, as well as the party workers not holding any formal post in the organisation.

With the Assembly election due by the next year-end, the new appointments seem to have been made to mollify the party workers and bring the rival factions together. The Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs who had joined the Congress in 2019, taking its tally in the 200-member Assembly to 106, have also been suitably rewarded.