Bengaluru: Eight Congress Legislators were sworn-in as Ministers on Saturday, with the JD(S)-Congress Coalition Government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy finally carrying out the long overdue Cabinet expansion. Eight Ministers were inducted while two were dropped from the Congress share of 22 Cabinet berths, thus completing the Ministry expansion for the party. The JD(S), however, chose…
Congress to drop two, induct eight Bengaluru: The much-awaited Cabinet expansion and reshuffle of H.D. Kumaraswamy-led JD(S)-Congress coalition Government will take place this evening, with the Congress High Command giving its nod for dropping two Ministers and inducting eight new faces under its quota. The swearing-in will take place at Raj Bhavan at 5.30 pm…
Belagavi: After days of curiosity, the time for State Cabinet expansion seems to have come, with the Congress High Command finally giving the nod. The Cabinet expansion of the JD(S)-Congress coalition Government is likely to take place at 5 pm on Dec.22 at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru. The Chief Minister’s Office is said to have…
Bengaluru: Even as the demand by disgruntled Congress legislators for Cabinet expansion is growing by the day, the Congress, which is in a jubilant mood following victory in three key States of Hindi Heartland, is said to be planning to drop two of its quota of Ministers and also suspend two other party legislators for…
Bengaluru: The much awaited Cabinet expansion in Karnataka will take place on Dec. 22, just after the Belagavi Winter Session of the two-week State Legislature ends, former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who is also the Chairman of the Co-ordination Committee of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government, said yesterday. The coalition set up is expecting that the announcement…
Bengaluru: Even as rumblings continue among the coalition partners, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) is likely to expand his Cabinet on Oct.3. As advised by AICC President Rahul Gandhi, the CM is likely to induct six Ministers from the Congress. The CM is said to have cancelled his scheduled Chikkaballapur district tour on Oct.3 in…
Bengaluru: If all goes as per plans, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will expand his Ministry on Sunday, June 17. At least three to four Congress leaders are expected to be inducted. On June 6, he had inducted 25 Ministers (15 from the Congress and 10 from JD(S)). As per the power-sharing formula, the Congress had…
Bengaluru: Finally, after about 48 hours of swearing-in of 25 Ministers and hectic lobbying among the Congress and JD(S) Ministers for preferred portfolios, the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka has been finalised and Governor’s approval is awaited. CM H.D. Kumaraswamy told reporters yesterday that he had sent the allocation of portfolios of his Cabinet to…
Bengaluru: The 15-day-old H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) Cabinet in Karnataka was expanded yesterday with the induction of 25 ministers — 14 from Congress, 9 from Janata Dal (Secular) and one each from Bahujan Samaj Party and KPJP. Six MLAs from Mysuru region — G.T. Devegowda, S.R. Mahesh, C.S. Puttaraju, D.C. Thammanna, C. Puttarangashetty and N. Mahesh…
G.T. Devegowda: Sixty-eight-year-old G.T. Devegowda, who grabbed the attention of the State by defeating former CM Siddharamaiah from Chamundeshwari in Mysuru, has landed in the Kumaraswamy Ministry. The Vokkaliga leader emerged as a giant killer. Fondly called GTD in political circles, his is a second stint in the Ministry as he was the Cooperation Minister…
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