Portfolios for Karnataka ministers after taking oath: Congress
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Portfolios for Karnataka ministers after taking oath: Congress
Bengaluru June 4 (IANS) Portfolios for the cabinet ministers in the Karnataka coalition government would be allocated after their swearing-in on Wednesday a Congress leader said on Monday.
"All the 32 legislators -- 21 from the Congress and 11 from the JD-S -- will take oath as cabinet ministers. Their portfolios will be allocated by the Chief Minister later " state Congress spokesman K.E. Radhakrishna told IANS here.
As decided by the alliance partners on June 1 the Congress will have 22 portfolios including Home and the JD-S 12 including Finance.
Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy and Congress state unit president G. Parameshwara were sworn-in on May 23 as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister.
Tthe Congress high command will decide who among its legislators are to become ministers and which portfolio they will hold.
"Parameshwara is going to Delhi on Tuesday to finalise the 21 legislators of the Congress to be inducted into the ministry in consultation with party President Rahul Gandhi and state in-charge K.C. Venugopal " said Radhakrishnan.
The party s high command will also recommend to the Chief Minister the portfolios to be given to the 22 Congress ministers including the Deputy Chief Minister.
Similarly Kumaraswamy will decide names of the JD-S legislators to be made ministers and the portfolios they will hold by Tuesday night in consultation with party supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and other senior leaders.
"Kumaraswamy will discuss the issue with all our legislators on Tuesday morning and short list the names of 11 MLAs to be made ministers and their portfolios. The list will be finalised in consultation with Gowda by Tuesday night " a JD-S spokesman told IANS.
As per the agreement between the alliance partners the Congress will have besides Home Irrigation Bengaluru City Development Industries Health Revenue Urban Development Rural Development Agriculture Medical Education Housing Labour Women & Child Welfare Forest & Environment Mines & Geology Social Welfare Food & Civil Supplies Law & Parliamentary Affairs IT BT and Science & Technology Kannada Culture Sports & Youth Affairs Haj & Wakf and Minority Affairs and Ports & Inland Transport Development departments.
Besides Finance the JD-S will have Excise Information Intelligence General Administration Planning & Statistics Public Works Department (PWD) Power Cooperation Tourism General Education Animal Husbandary & Fisheries Horticulture & Sericulture Small-Scale Industries Transport and Minor Irrigation.
In the 225-member Assembly including one nominated the Congress has 78 MLAs JD-S 36 and the BJP 104 with three others.
Though the Congress retained Bengaluru s Raja Rajeshwari (RR) Nagar assembly segment in the election held later it lost its legislator Siddu Nyamgouda in a road accident in Bagalkot district.
Election to one assembly segment (Jayanagar in Bengaluru south) is due on June 11 and vote count on June 13 after it was deferred owing to the death of BJP contestant B.N. Vijaya Kumar on May 4.
Kumaraswamy has already won the trust vote on May 25 by voice vote in the Assembly a week after the three-day BJP government fell when its Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa resigned before the floor test as he fell seven votes short of the halfway mark.
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"All the 32 legislators -- 21 from the Congress and 11 from the JD-S -- will take oath as cabinet ministers. Their portfolios will be allocated by the Chief Minister later " state Congress spokesman K.E. Radhakrishna told IANS here.
As decided by the alliance partners on June 1 the Congress will have 22 portfolios including Home and the JD-S 12 including Finance.
Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy and Congress state unit president G. Parameshwara were sworn-in on May 23 as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister.
Tthe Congress high command will decide who among its legislators are to become ministers and which portfolio they will hold.
"Parameshwara is going to Delhi on Tuesday to finalise the 21 legislators of the Congress to be inducted into the ministry in consultation with party President Rahul Gandhi and state in-charge K.C. Venugopal " said Radhakrishnan.
The party s high command will also recommend to the Chief Minister the portfolios to be given to the 22 Congress ministers including the Deputy Chief Minister.
Similarly Kumaraswamy will decide names of the JD-S legislators to be made ministers and the portfolios they will hold by Tuesday night in consultation with party supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and other senior leaders.
"Kumaraswamy will discuss the issue with all our legislators on Tuesday morning and short list the names of 11 MLAs to be made ministers and their portfolios. The list will be finalised in consultation with Gowda by Tuesday night " a JD-S spokesman told IANS.
As per the agreement between the alliance partners the Congress will have besides Home Irrigation Bengaluru City Development Industries Health Revenue Urban Development Rural Development Agriculture Medical Education Housing Labour Women & Child Welfare Forest & Environment Mines & Geology Social Welfare Food & Civil Supplies Law & Parliamentary Affairs IT BT and Science & Technology Kannada Culture Sports & Youth Affairs Haj & Wakf and Minority Affairs and Ports & Inland Transport Development departments.
Besides Finance the JD-S will have Excise Information Intelligence General Administration Planning & Statistics Public Works Department (PWD) Power Cooperation Tourism General Education Animal Husbandary & Fisheries Horticulture & Sericulture Small-Scale Industries Transport and Minor Irrigation.
In the 225-member Assembly including one nominated the Congress has 78 MLAs JD-S 36 and the BJP 104 with three others.
Though the Congress retained Bengaluru s Raja Rajeshwari (RR) Nagar assembly segment in the election held later it lost its legislator Siddu Nyamgouda in a road accident in Bagalkot district.
Election to one assembly segment (Jayanagar in Bengaluru south) is due on June 11 and vote count on June 13 after it was deferred owing to the death of BJP contestant B.N. Vijaya Kumar on May 4.
Kumaraswamy has already won the trust vote on May 25 by voice vote in the Assembly a week after the three-day BJP government fell when its Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa resigned before the floor test as he fell seven votes short of the halfway mark.
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