Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot were on Monday sworn-in as Rajasthan's Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively on the premises of the historic Albert Hall in Jaipur.
Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot was Monday sworn in as the chief minister of Rajasthan at a ceremony here, while Sachin Pilot took oath as a cabinet minister on the premises of the historic Albert Hall in Jaipur.
The ceremony was attended by a galaxy of political leaders and Congress workers.
On December 11, the Congress emerged as the single largest party by winning 99 out of 199 seats in Rajasthan.
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.
Gehlot, Pilot and other leaders received Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh at the airport and left for the Albert Hall in a bus amid tight security arrangements.
ath-taking ceremonies are usually organised at the Raj Bhawan. However, the function in 2003 and 2013, when Vasundhara Raje took oath as chief minister, was held at Janpath outside the Rajasthan Assembly building. And this time, Albert Hall was chosen as the venue for the event.
The hall is fine example of Indo-saracenic, a revival architectural style mostly used by the British in the later 19th century, the foundation of the iconic structure was laid in 1876 during the visit the Prince of Wales, Albert Edward, to Jaipur.
The corridors were decorated with murals in a variety of styles including the Ramayana, reproducing paintings from illustrations in the Persian Razmnama prepared for Emperor Akbar.
European, Egyptian, Chinese, Greek and Babylonian civilizations were portrayed in the murals to enable the people of the region to compare and contrast them with their own and develop their knowledge of the history and art.
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