The new cabinet in Rajasthan, which was sworn in on December 24, was finally allocated portfolios late on Wednesday.

Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh allocated the portfolios to the council of ministers late on Wednesday night with the advice of the chief minister, kept nine departments with him, including finance, home, excise, planning, personnel, state intelligence, information technology and general administration departments.

Gehlot met senior Congress leaders Avinash Pande and KC Venugopal before the three went to meet party president Rahul Gandhi.