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{{Short description|1st Ministry of Bhajan Lal Sharma}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_type = Ministry
| cabinet_number = 27th
| jurisdiction = [[Rajasthan]]
| flag = File:Emblem Rajasthan.png
| incumbent =
| image = Bhajan Lal Sharma.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = [[Bhajan Lal Sharma]]
| date_formed = 13 December 2023
| date_dissolved =
| government_head = [[Bhajan Lal Sharma]]
| government_head_title = [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Chief Minister]]
| deputy_government_head = [[Diya Kumari]] [[Prem Chand Bairwa]]
| deputy_government_head_title = [[Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Deputy Chief Ministers]]
| state_head = [[Haribhau Bagade]]
| state_head_title = [[Governor of Rajasthan|Governor]]
| members_number =
| total_number =
| political_parties = {{Color box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|'''BJP''']]
| legislature_status = [[Majority government| Majority]]
{{Composition bar|130|200|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
| opposition_cabinet = [[Indian National Congress|INC]] {{Composition bar|70|200|{{Party color|Indian National Congress}}|background-color=|border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
| opposition_party = {{Color box|{{Party color|Indian National Congress}}|border=darkgrey}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| opposition_leader = [[Tika Ram Jully]]
| election = [[2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| last_election = [[2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| legislature_term = 5 years
| previous = [[Third Gehlot ministry]]
| successor =
}}
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]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bhajanlal-sharma-elected-new-rajasthan-chief-minister-2475058-2023-12-12|title=Bhajan Lal Sharma is next Rajasthan Chief Minister, Vasundhara Raje proposes name|website=[[India Today]]|last=Wadhawan|first=Dev Ankur|date=12 December 2023|access-date=2023-12-12|archive-date=2023-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212111812/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bhajanlal-sharma-elected-new-rajasthan-chief-minister-2475058-2023-12-12|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/business/utility/story/bhajan-lal-sharma-will-be-new-cm-chief-minister-of-rajasthan-know-about-his-networth-debt-and-other-details-tutc-1837122-2023-12-12|title=राजस्थान को मिल गया नया CM, नाम- भजन लाल शर्मा, करोड़पति हैं... लेकिन कर्ज भी 35 लाख!|date=12 December 2023|website=[[Aaj Tak]]|language=hi|access-date=2023-12-12|archive-date=2023-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212111812/https://www.aajtak.in/business/utility/story/bhajan-lal-sharma-will-be-new-cm-chief-minister-of-rajasthan-know-about-his-networth-debt-and-other-details-tutc-1837122-2023-12-12|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|state assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/rajasthan/jaipur-bhajan-lal-sharma-will-be-new-chief-minister-of-rajasthan-bjp-surprise-again-after-mp-mohan-yadav-vasundhara-raje-vs-baba-balak-nath-7896253.html|title=भजनलाल शर्मा होंगे राजस्थान के नए मुख्यमंत्री, BJP विधायक दल की बैठक में फैसला|date=12 December 2023|website=[[News18]]|language=hi|last=George|first=Preeti|access-date=12 December 2023|archive-date=12 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212111812/https://hindi.news18.com/news/rajasthan/jaipur-bhajan-lal-sharma-will-be-new-chief-minister-of-rajasthan-bjp-surprise-again-after-mp-mohan-yadav-vasundhara-raje-vs-baba-balak-nath-7896253.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Iqbal |first=Mohammed |date=2023-12-12 |title=Rajasthan CM: Bhajan Lal Sharma to be Chief Minister of Rajasthan |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/rajasthan-assembly/bhajan-lal-sharma-chief-minister-of-rajasthan/article67630427.ece |access-date=2023-12-21 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=2023-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217094723/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/rajasthan-assembly/bhajan-lal-sharma-chief-minister-of-rajasthan/article67630427.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> The new government was officially sworn in on 15 December 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajasthan CM: Bhajan Lal Sharma takes oath as Rajasthan Chief Minister in presence of BJP top brass |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bhajan-lal-sharma-takes-oath-as-rajasthan-cm-in-the-presence-of-bjp-top-brass/article67641156.ece |website=[[The Hindu]] |issn=0971-751X |access-date=8 June 2025 |language=en-IN |date=15 December 2023 |archive-date=26 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226154131/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bhajan-lal-sharma-takes-oath-as-rajasthan-cm-in-the-presence-of-bjp-top-brass/article67641156.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Council of Ministers==
Source:<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wadhawan |first1=Dev Ankur |title=Rajasthan Cabinet portfolios allocated, Chief Minister keeps 8 key ministries |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajasthan-cabinet-portfolios-allocated-chief-minister-bhajan-lal-sharma-keeps-8-key-ministries-2484824-2024-01-05 |website=[[India Today]] |access-date=6 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106031952/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajasthan-cabinet-portfolios-allocated-chief-minister-bhajan-lal-sharma-keeps-8-key-ministries-2484824-2024-01-05 |archive-date=6 January 2024 |language=en |date=5 January 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Cabinet Ministers===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[List of chief ministers of Rajasthan|'''Chief Minister''']] {{bulletlist
|General Administration
|Home Affairs
|Excise
|Personnel
|Anti Corruption Bureau
|Planning
|Policy making cell
|Information and Public Relations
}}
Other departments not allocated to any Minister
| minister1 = [[Bhajan Lal Sharma]]
| minister1_termstart = 15 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[List of deputy chief ministers of Rajasthan|'''Deputy Chief Minister''']] {{bulletlist
|Finance
|Tourism
|Women & Child Development
|Art & Cultural Affairs
|Public Works
|Child Empowerment
}}
| minister1 = [[Diya Kumari]]
| minister1_termstart = 15 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[List of deputy chief ministers of Rajasthan|'''Deputy Chief Minister''']]
{{bulletlist
|Higher Education
|Road Transport and Highways
|Technical Education
|Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy
}}
| minister1 = [[Prem Chand Bairwa]]
| minister1_termstart = 15 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Agriculture and Industry
|Rural Development
|Disaster Management Assistance and Civil Defense
|Public Prosecution Redressal
}}
| minister1 = [[Kirodi Lal Meena]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Medical and Health
|Medical and Health Services
}}
| minister1 = [[Gajendra Singh Khimsar]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Industry and Commerce
|Information Technology and Communication
|Youth Affairs and Sports
|Skill Planning and Entrepreneurship
|Sainik Welfare
}}
| minister1 = [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Tribal Area Development
|Home Guards
}}
| minister1 = [[Babulal Kharadi]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Parliamentary Affairs
|Law and Legal Affairs
|Minister of Justice
}}
| minister1 = [[Jogaram Patel]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Water Resources
|Water Resources Planning
}}
| minister1 = [[Suresh Singh Rawat]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|School Education
|Panchayati Raj
|Sanskrit Education
}}
| minister1 = [[Madan Dilawar]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Social Justice and Empowerment
}}
| minister1 = [[Avinash Gehlot]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Animal Husbandry and Dairy
|Cow Husbandry
|Devasthan
}}
| minister1 = [[Joraram Kumawat]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Revenue
|Colonization
}}
| minister1 = [[Hemant Meena]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Food and Civil Supplies
|Consumer Affairs
}}
| minister1 = [[Sumit Godara]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Public Health Engineering
|Ground Water
}}
| minister1 = [[Kanhaiya Lal Choudhary]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

===Ministers of State (Independent Charge)===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Forest, Environment and Climate Change
|Science and Technology
}}
| minister1 = [[Sanjay Sharma (politician)|Sanjay Sharma]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Cooperative
|Civil Development
}}
| minister1 = [[Gautam Kumar]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Urban Development
|Health Governance
}}
| minister1 = [[Jhabar Singh Kharra]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}

{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Energy
}}
| minister1 = [[Heeralal Nagar]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

===Ministers of State===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Panchayati Raj and Rural Development
|Disaster Management Assistance and Civil Defense
}}
| minister1 = [[Otaram Dewasi]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Public Works
|Women and Child Development
|Child Empowerment
}}
| minister1 = [[Manju Baghmar]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Revenue
|Colonization
|Sainik Kalyan
}}
| minister1 = [[Vijay Singh Chaudhary]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Industry and Commerce
|Youth Affairs and Sports
|Skill Planning and Entrepreneurship
|Policy Making
}}
| minister1 = [[KK Vishnoi]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{bulletlist
|Home
|Cow Husbandry
|Animal Husbandry and Dairy
|Fisheries
}}
| minister1 = [[Jawahar Singh Bedham]]
| minister1_termstart = 30 December 2023
| minister1_termend =
| minister1_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

==Former Ministers==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! SI No.
! Name
! Department
! Tenure
! Reason
! colspan="2" scope="col" | 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
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|}

==Demographics==
{{Pie chart
| caption= Representation of ministers by district
| label1 = Ajmer
| value1 = 4.16 | color1 = blue
| label2 = Alwar
| value2 = 4.16 | color2 = red
| label3 = Barmer
| value3 = 4.16 | color3 = khaki
| label4 = Bharatpur
| value4 = 4.16 | color4 = indigo
| label5 = Bikaner
| value5 = 4.16 | color5 = magenta
| label6 = Chittorgarh
| value6 = 4.16 | color6 = purple
| label7 = Jaipur
| value7 = 16.66 | color8 = yellow
| label8 = Jodhpur
| value8 = 8.33 | color9 = wheat
| label9 = Kota
| value9 = 8.33 | color10 = teal
| label10 = Nagaur
| value10 = 8.33 | color11 = pink
| label11 = Pali
| value11 = 8.33 | color12 = darkviolet
| label12 = Pratapgarh
| value12 = 4.16 | color13 = green
| label13 = Sawai Madhopur
| value13 = 4.16 | color14 = magenta
| label14 = Sikar
| value14 = 4.16 | color15 = orange
| label15 = Sirohi
| value15 = 4.16 | color16 = chocolate
| label16 = Tonk
| value16 = 4.16 | color17 = pink
| label17 = Udaipur
| value17 = 4.16 | color18 = aqua
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" border="1" width="75%"
|-
! District
!Ministers
!Name of ministers
|-
|[[Ganganagar district|Ganganagar]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Hanumangarh district|Hanumangarh]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Bikaner district|Bikaner]]
|1
|[[Sumit Godara]]
|-
|[[Churu district|Churu]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Jhunjhunu district|Jhunjhunu]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Sikar district|Sikar]]
|1
|[[Jhabar Singh Kharra]]
|-
|[[Jaipur district|Jaipur]]
|4
|[[Bhajan Lal Sharma]] [[Diya Kumari]] [[Prem Chand Bairwa]] [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]
|-
|[[Alwar district|Alwar]]
|1
|Sanjay Sharma
|-
|[[Bharatpur district|Bharatpur]]
|1
|[[Jawahar Singh Bedham]]
|-
|[[Dholpur district|Dholpur]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Karauli district|Karauli]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Dausa district|Dausa]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Sawai Madhopur district|Sawai Madhopur]]
|1
|[[Kirodi Lal Meena]]
|-
|[[Tonk district|Tonk]]
|1
|Kanhaiya Lal Choudhary
|-
|[[Ajmer district|Ajmer]]
|1
|[[Suresh Singh Rawat]]
|-
|[[Nagaur district|Nagaur]]
|2
|[[Manju Baghmar]] Vijay Singh Choudhary
|-
|[[Pali district|Pali]]
|2
|[[Avinash Gehlot]] [[Joraram Kumawat]]
|-
|[[Jodhpur district|Jodhpur]]
|2
|[[Gajendra Singh Khimsar]] [[Jogaram Patel]]
|-
|[[Jaisalmer district|Jaisalmer]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Barmer district|Barmer]]
|1
|[[KK Vishnoi]]
|-
|[[Jalore district|Jalore]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Sirohi district|Sirohi]]
|1
|[[Otaram Dewasi]]
|-
|[[Udaipur district|Udaipur]]
|1
|[[Babulal Kharadi]]
|-
|[[Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan|Pratapgarh]]
|1
|Hemant Meena
|-
|[[Dungarpur district|Dungarpur]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Banswara district|Banswara]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Chittorgarh district|Chittorgarh]]
|1
|[[Gautam Kumar]]
|-
|[[Bhilwara district|Bhilwara]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Bundi district|Bundi]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Kota district|Kota]]
|2
|[[Heeralal Nagar]] [[Madan Dilawar]]
|-
|[[Baran district|Baran]]
|0
|
|-
|[[Jhalawar district|Jhalawar]]
|0
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Current Indian ministries}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma ministry}}
[[Category:Lists of current Indian state and territorial ministries]]
[[Category:2023 in Indian politics]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party state ministries of Rajasthan|Sharma]]
[[Category:Rajasthan ministries]]
[[Category:Indian ministries established in 2023|Bhajan Lal]]

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