On Monday, the BJP ministry in Karnataka lead by new Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda would be expanded with the induction of 21 ministers by putting an end to the hectic parleys for three consecutive days. As per the information provided by the party sources, on the basis of the consensus reached between the rival factions, 12 members from the former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's camp and nine from Jagadish Shettar's will join the five-day old ministry. The oath of office and the secrecy to the new ministers in Raj Bhavan would be administered by the Governor H.R. Bhardwaj at 5.30pm. V.S. Acharya, Shobha Karandlaje, M.P. Renukacharya, Basavaraj Bommai, C.M. Udasi, Murugesh Nirani, C.C. Patil, Umesh Katti, Laxman Savadi, Revunaik Belamagi, C.H. Vijayashankar, Krishna Palemar (all from the Yeddyurappa group), Jagadish Shettar, Goving Karjol, S.A. Ramdas, A. Narayanaswamy, R. Ashoka, B.N. Bacchegowda, Vishveshwara Hedge Kageri, S.A. Ravindranath and S. Sureshkumar, are those who would be sworn in. It has been decided by the party to exclude the Reddy brothers, G. Karunakara Reddy, G. Janardhana Reddy and B. Sreeramulu from the Cabinet and also V. Somanna, who have been named in the Lokayukta report over illegal mining.
It was stated by Gowda to the reporters that, this evening 21 Ministers would be inducted to the Ministry and he had sent a letter to the Governor requesting him to administer the oath to the new ministers. He also promised to complete the next round of Ministry expansion within a week.
Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP General Secretary, the one who had been deputed by the party high command to resolve the ministry expansion crisis in the state held confabulations with both the groups since yesterday and also managed to strike a consensus.
New report By, SM
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