Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday August 7 has allocated portfolios to the current ministers in Cabinet. Seven ministers get new portfolios and the rest have been allocated the same portfolios except the new entrants.
The 29 ministers and their portfolios are here below:
- Anand Singh – Ecology and Environemnt, Tourism
- Araga Jnanedra – Home Department (excluding Intelligence)
- B. C. Nagesh – Primary and Secondary Education and Sakala
- B. C. Patil – Agriculture
- B. Sriramulu – Transport
- Byrati Basavaraj – Urban Development (including KUWSDB & KUIDFC, excluding Bengaluru Development, BBMP, BDA, BWSSB, BMRDA, BMRCL and Directorate of Town Planning, Urban Development Department)
- C. C. Patil – Public Works Department
- Dr. C. N. Ashwath Narayan – Higher Education, IT & BT, Science and Technology, Skill Development
- Dr K. Sudhakar – Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education
- Govind Karajol – Major and Medium Irrigation
- Halappa Achar – Mines and Geology from Commerce and Industries Department and Child Development & Disabled Senior Citizens Empowerment
- J. C. Madhuswamy – Minor Irrigation, Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation
- K. C. Narayana Gowda – Sericulture
- K. S. Eshwarappa- Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department
- Kota Srinivas Poojari – Social Welfare, Backward Classes Welfare
- M. T. B. Nagaraj – Municipal Administration, Samll Scale Industries, Public Sector Industries
- N. Munirathna – Horticulture and Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics Department
- Murugesh R Nirani – Large & Medium Industries
- Prabhu Chavan – Animal Husbandry
- R. Ashok – Revenue (excluding Muzarai)
- S. Angara – Fisheries, Ports and Inland Transport
- S. Gopalaiah – Excise from Finance Department
- S.T. Somashekar – Co-operative
- Shankar Patil Munenakoppa – Handloom and Textile Deaprtment from C & I Department, Sugarcane Development and Directorate of Sugar
- Shashikala Jolle – Muzarai, Haj & Wakf
- Shivaram Hebbar – Labour
- Sunil Kumar – Energy, Kannada and Culture
28.Umesh V Katti – Forest, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumers Affairs
29. V. Somanna – Housing, Infrastructure Development
Bommai retained DPAR, Finance, and Intelligence from Home, Cabinet Affairs, Bengaluru Development and all unallotted portfolios.
It is noticeable that Sriramulu, Shashikala Jolle, Anand Singh, Kota Srinivas Poojari, C. C. Patil, Govind Karajol and Murugesh Nirani got new portfolios.
Soon after allocation of portfolio Minister Anand Singh requested a change in his portfolio and hinted at stepping down as minister only to continue as MLA of the party. Replying to this statement by Anand Singh, Bommai said that he will discuss with Anand Singh and others in this regard. I share a friendly equation with everyone, he added.
Before the announcement and allocation of portfolios, Bommai maintained that he considers himself as a lucky Chief Minister for he did not face any lobbying as far as allocating ministership is concerned. The allocation was supposed to happen on Friday August 6, however there was delay in me returning to Bengaluru from Tumkuru and hence the list has been put out today and Raj Bhavan will publish it, he clarified.
It can be recalled here that a week after becoming the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Bommai on Wednesday August 4 had expanded his new cabinet, by inducting 29 Ministers.Among those inducted as ministers only 6 were new faces and rest 23 were part of Yediyurappa’s Cabinet too.
