Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa announced the allocation of portfolios to seven newly inducted ministers on January 21, 2021.
The following legislators were sworn in on January 13, 2021 and received portfolios:
While specific portfolio details are not explicitly provided, the article mentions a reshuffling of existing ministerial berths.
C. Madhuswamy was relieved of Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Legislation, and Minor Irrigation portfolios and assigned Medical Education, Kannada, and Culture departments instead.
Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa retained key portfolios including Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), Cabinet Affairs, Finance, Bangalore Development, Energy, Intelligence, Planning, Programme Monitoring Statistics, Infrastructure Development, and all unallocated portfolios.
Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala and Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, with the newly sworn in ministers MTB Nagaraju, R. Shankar, Umesh Katti, C. P. Yogeeshwar, Arvind Limbavali, Murugesh Nirani and S. Angara, after swearing in ceremony at Raj Bhavan, in Bengaluru on January 13, 2020.
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Thursday allocated portfolios to the newly-inducted Cabinet members.
Legislators Umesh Katti, Aravind Lumbavali, Nagaraju (MTB), C.P. Yogeshwar, R. Shankar, S. Angara and Murugesh Nirani were inducted into the Cabinet on January 13. While they have been allocated portfolios, some berths have been reshuffled.
C. Madhuswamy has been divested of Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Legislation and Minor Irrigation portfolios and allocated Medical Education, Kannada and Culture departments.
The Chief Minister has kept the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), Cabinet Affairs, Finance, Bangalore Development, Energy, Intelligence, Planning, Programme Monitoring Statistics, Infrastructure Development and all unallocated portfolios with himself.
The new portfolio allocation is as follows:
Published - January 21, 2021 12:57 pm IST
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