Bengaluru: With just a day left for Cabinet formation, the JD(S) leadership, anticipating trouble within the party over Cabinet berths, is understood to have decided to keep three Ministerial berths vacant. The JD(S), which can accommodate only 11 of its MLAs in the Cabinet, is feeling the heat as the list of aspirants lobbying for…
Cabinet expansion on June 6
June 2, 2018Bengaluru: After days of hectic parleys, coalition partners JD(S) and Congress finally reached a consensus yesterday on expanding the Cabinet and also announced that the two parties will fight the 2019 elections together as a pre-poll alliance. Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will expand his Council of Ministers on June 6. The Congress conceded and agreed…
Cabinet Expansion next week
June 1, 2018Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Deputy CM Dr. G. Parameshwara met Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala this afternoon in connection with the expansion of the nine-day-old JD(S)- Congress Ministry. The meeting began at 1.30 pm and sources said that the first group of Ministers are likely to take oath next week. However, the exact…
Ahead of Siddu’s Cabinet expansion: Question mark over R.B. Timmapur’s induction
September 1, 2017Bengaluru: The Cabinet expansion (probably the last) of the Congress government in Karnataka ahead of 2018 Assembly elections received a major jolt this noon when Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala sought an explanation from the government on the induction of MLC R.B. Timmapur as a Cabinet Minister. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah was to expand his Cabinet as…
Three Cabinet berths likely to be filled on Friday
August 30, 2017Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is likely to fill three vacant Cabinet berths in his Ministry on September 1. Sources said K. Shadakshari, MLA for Tiptur constituency, and H.M. Revanna and R.B. Timmapur, MLCs, have emerged frontrunners for the slots.
Siddharamaiah gets nod for Cabinet expansion
August 17, 2017New Delhi; The Congress High Command today gave a green signal for the Cabinet expansion in Karnataka. Sources said that CM Siddharamaiah, who is in New Delhi, held talks with the Party High Command and got approval for filling up three portfolios which have fallen vacant following the demise of H.S. Mahadevaprasad and resignations of…
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