Jaipur: Rajasthan Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara on Tuesday appointed as the state Congress chief after the removal of Sachin Pilot from the posts of Rajasthan's deputy chief minister and the party's state unit chief.
Once a practising lawyer, Dotasara's elevation to the post of the state Congress chief came almost 15 years after he contested his first election to become a member of a panchayat Samiti in the state.
Born on October 1, 1964, in Kriparam Ji ki Dhani in Lakshmangarh of Sikar district, 55-year-old Dotasara had started his career at the grass-roots level in the party while working as a lawyer.
The three-time Congress MLA had contested the Lakshmanagarh panchayat Samiti in 2005 before being given the party ticket for the assembly elections three years later.
On Tuesday, he was made the state Congress president after the removal of Sachin Pilot from the post following accusations that he tried to topple the Congress government in the state as part of a "BJP conspiracy".
Earlier, he held the post of the Sikar district Congress president for seven years. He also worked for the Youth Congress.