Every week after taking up because the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday expanded his new cupboard by inducting 29 ministers. While 23 ministers are previous faces who had been a part of the earlier BS Yediyurappa cupboard, six are new.
Former deputy CMs – Govind M Karjol and CN Ashwathnarayan – had been amongst those that took oath as ministers. NS Deputy CM shouldn’t be within the new cupboard.
“Last time, under the cabinet headed by (BS) Yediyurappa, we had three deputy CMs. This time, the high command has decided not to have any deputy CMs,” Bommai mentioned whereas addressing reporters in Bengaluru forward of the ceremony.
Of the 29 ministers, Sasikala Jole is the one lady who’s a part of the brand new cupboard.
Before the swearing-in of the newly inducted ministers, CM Bommai had indicated that There can be each skilled and new faces within the cupboard. Dismissing speculations that senior leaders could be overlooked of the checklist, he mentioned, “We need both experience and enthusiasm.” He mentioned the 2023 meeting elections had been additionally one other issue that influenced the finalization of the brand new cupboard. “We also need to give good governance immediately. The selection has been done accordingly,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa congratulated the newly shaped council of ministers led by his successor Basavaraj Bommai.
Congratulations to all of the newly appointed ministers of CM @BSBommaiAll the very best for fulfilling the aspirations of the cupboard and the individuals.
— BS Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) 4 August 2021
Bommai takes oath as Chief Minister on 28 July.
The caste equation of the brand new cupboard is such that it contains eight Lingayats, seven Vokkaligas, seven OBCs, three SCs, two Brahmins, one ST and one Reddy and one lady.
Keeping his promise, Bommai inducted 10 MLAs who joined the BJP after quitting the Congress-JD(S) alliance in 2019 and helped the saffron celebration kind the federal government within the state.
Here is the whole checklist of ministers who had been inducted into the Basavaraj Bommai-led Karnataka cupboard:
1) Govind M Karjol (Mudhol Assembly Constituency, Bagalkot District)
2) KS Eshwarappa (Shivamogga)
3) R Ashok (Padmanabhnagar, Bangalore)
4) B Sriramulu (Molkalmuru, Chitradurga)
5) V Somanna (Govindarajanagar, Bangalore District)
6) Umesh Katti (Hukkeri, Belagavi District)
7) S. Angara (Suliya, Dakshina Kannada District)
8) JC Madhuswamy (Chikkanayakanahalli, Tumakuru district)
9) Araga Gyanendra (Tirthahalli, Shivamogga District)
10) CN Ashwathnarayan (Malleshwaram, Bengaluru District)
11) CC Patil (Naragund, Gadag District)
12) Anand Singh (Hospet, Vijayanagar District)
13) Kota Srinivas Pujari (MLC)
14) Prabhu Chavan (Aurad, Bidar)
15) Murugesh Nirani (Bilgi, Bagalkot district)
16) Shivaram Hebbar (Yellapur, Uttara Kannada district)
17) ST Somashekar (Yesvantpur, Bengaluru District)
18) BC Patil (Hirekerur, Haveri District)
19) Byrathi Basavaraj (KR Puram, Bangalore District)
20) Ok Sudhakar (Chikkaballapura)
21) Ok Gopalaiah (Mahalakshmi Layout, Bengaluru district)
22) Shashikala Jole (Nipani, Belagavi District)
23) MTB Nagaraj (MLC)
24) KC Narayana Gowda (Krishnarajpet, Mandya District)
25) Nagesh (Tiptur, Tumakuru district) BC
26) Sunil Kumar (Karkala, Udupi District)
27) Halappa Achar (Yelbarga, Koppal District)
28) Shankar Basanagouda Patil Munenkoppa (Navalgund, Dharwad District)
29) N Muniratna (RR Nagar, Bengaluru District)
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
