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Ahead Of Polls, Rajasthan Gets 3 More Districts, Total Count Reaches 53
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot announced the formation of three more districts in the state taking the new count to 53.
New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday announced the formation of 3 more districts in the state. Taking on to microblogging site X formerly known as Twitter, Gehlot wrote, "On public demand and committee's recommendation, three new districts will be created in Rajasthan." The three new districts in Rajasthan will be namely - Malpura, Sujangarh, and Kuchaman City. Gehlot further added that the government would keep addressing the delimitation issues as per the panel's recommendation in the future also
Malpura will be carved out of Tonk district, Kuchaman City from Didwana and Sujangarh will be created from Churu district. Rajasthan government had already created 19 new districts earlier, however, after protests and demands for 6 long months, Gehlot announced 3 more districts in the state.