Bengaluru | Last week Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa introduced his cabinet ministers, three weeks after his own swearing-in ceremony.
The list of ministers announced on Monday evening showed that the state will have three deputy chief ministers — Govind Karjol, Dr Ashwath Narayan and Laxman Savadi.
Mr Karjol has been assigned the PWD and social welfare ministries too. Dr Ashwath Narayan, very prominent at the time of the collapse of the coalition government Congress-JD(S), has been given the portfolios of higher education, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science and Technology. The Infotech and biotech portfolio is considered high profile, given Karnataka’s position as a leader in India’s IT space.
Laxman Savadi has been given the transport portfolio. The home department goes to Basavaraj Bommai.
Former chief minister Jagadish Shettar has got the industries portfolio, while Suresh Kumar, a former law minister of the state, will be in charge of primary and secondary education. C T Ravi, known for his right-wing views, is in charge of Tourism, Kannada and Culture.
Some BJP members are upset about not being given a cabinet position.
For a month, during which the parts of the state suffered devastating floods, Mr Yediyurappa ran a “one-man cabinet”.
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