Karnataka cabinet expansion News
Karnataka Guv administered the oath of office and secrecy to 24 ministers
Karnataka has a sanctioned strength of 34 ministers
On May 18, Siddaramaiah was elected as the CLP leader unanimously
24 ministers of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's cabinet will take oath of office today, the names of all these 24 ministers were approved at the Congress high command meeting in Delhi. At the same time, speculations are being made that the portfolios of the ministers can also be divided today itself.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai discussed cabinet expansion with Amit Shah.
Bommai said "anything may happen at any time" on the cabinet expansion.
There are 5 vacant berths in Karnataka cabinet currently.
BJP leaders have denied replacing CM Basavaraj Bommai ahead of 2023 Karnataka polls.
Speculations are rife about a possible Karnataka Cabinet expansion or reshuffle.
Amit Shah reportedly assured Basavaraj Bommai that there will be no leadership change in Karnataka.
Many debutant ministers have been allotted plum portfolios, most of the old faces have retained the Ministries they had in the previous BS Yediyurappa government.
CM Bommai has kept Finance with himself.
A week after taking over as the CM of Karnataka, Bommai has retained as many as 23 ministers of the previous Yediyurappa cabinet, besides inducting six new faces
Among the ministers in the new cabinet are 8 Lingayats, 7 Vokkaligas, 7 OBCs, 3 SCs, 2 Brahmins, 1 ST and 1 Reddy, and a woman
Karnataka CM will expand his cabinet today
29 new ministers will be inducted and there will be no Deputy CMs
CM Basavaraj Bommai said, "There were some issues on which party President JP Naddaji sought clarifications. I have clarified those issues"
"Finally, he will approve the list on Wednesday morning. As soon as I get the list, it will be sent to Raj Bhavan" he added
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai met BJP president JP Nadda on Monday (August 2) to finalise a list of probables for the keenly awaited expansion of his cabinet. Union Minister Prahlad Joshi and Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel also attended the consultative meeting and according to sources, Bommai reached Nadda's residence at 8.45 pm.
The new Karnataka CM was on a two-day visit to the national capital during which he called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders.
Bommai took oath as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday (July 28).
In his first visit to Delhi as Karnataka CM, Basavaraj Bommai will meet PM Narendra Modi
During his meeting, the proposed state cabinet expansion is likely to be discussed
The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Raj Bhawan in Bengaluru. Many of these MLAs had switched sides from the Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress parties last year.
Shankar is an Independent lawmaker who is reportedly facing the axe over his reluctance to be an associate member of the Congress.
In the 34-member ministry, the Congress made 15 of its 80 legislators cabinet ministers while the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) filled 9 out of 11 posts as part of its quota.
Kumaraswamy expanded his Cabinet by inducting 25 ministers, with 14 members from the Congress and nine from JDS and one each from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the nascent Karnataka Pragnavanta Janata Paksha.
Of the 25 ministers who took oath on Wednesday, fourteen are from the Congress, nine from its ruling coalition partner Janata Dal Secular (JDS) and one each from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party (KPJP).
Ahead of the Cabinet expansion in Karnataka on Wednesday, there seem to be fissures within the Congress over the allocation of berths. Supporters of Congress MLA Satish Jarkiholi on Wednesday staged a protest near Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru demanding a ministerial seat for him in the state cabinet.
12 Congress and 9 JDS MLAs will take oath as ministers in Karnataka on Wednesday.
As per the coalition agreement on June 1, Congress was allocated 22 ministerial berths and JDS was given 12.
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said the ministry expansion will take place on June 6
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