Inauguration The results for the
2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election were announced on 11 December 2022. The result was a hung house, with the
Indian National Congress falling one seat short of majority. With the help of three parties, the
Bahujan Samaj Party, the
Bharatiya Tribal Party and the
Rashtriya Lok Dal (combined 9 seats) announced their outside support for the Congress party, resulting in the formation of a Congress government in Rajasthan. On 17 December 2017,
Ashok Gehlot took oath as chief minister of Rajasthan for his third term in
Jaipur.
Sachin Pilot also took oath as deputy chief minister.
2020 Rajasthan political crisis On 12 July 2020, around 19 members of the
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, as claimed by the then
deputy chief minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot, flew to
Delhi after disputes over different offices between rival factions of the
Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee, triggering a month-long
political crisis in the state of
Rajasthan. The rebel faction led by
Sachin Pilot claimed that they had the support of 30 MLAs and can topple the
Ashok Gehlot-led
Congress government in Rajasthan. He demanded the chief minister's post for which he was denied after the
2018 elections. The Congress Legislature Party issued a whip to all its MLAs to be present in the meeting which was scheduled to be held at the Chief Minister's House or strict action would be taken against them. Meanwhile,
Sachin Pilot reaffirmed that he won't be joining the BJP. By 14 July, with Pilot refusing to back down, Gehlot sacked him from his posts of deputy chief minister of Rajasthan and president of the
Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee. On 10 August, the event changed drastically, when
Sachin Pilot met with
Rahul Gandhi &
Priyanka Gandhi. On the same day, rebel MLA
Bhanwar Lal Sharma reached
Jaipur and met with
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Sachin Pilot met
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and finally, both the factions of the
Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee reunited. On 14 August, the political crisis officially ended with
Ashok Gehlot-led Congress Government winning the trust vote in the
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly through
voice vote. All the MLAs of the Congress and its allies were present, although 73
BJP MLAs were not present. == Major decisions ==