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Former main curate Siddaramaiah has near his imprint connected the Karnataka Cabinet headed by Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.
Except for U.T. Khader and Yathindra Siddaramaiah, each legislators sworn successful arsenic ministers connected June 3 had served successful Congress governments led by Mr. Siddaramaiah. Notably, nary pistillate legislator has been inducted into the Cabinet.
Notable persons missing successful the archetypal batch of ministers sworn successful connected June 3 are H.C. Mahadevappa, H.K. Patil, Santosh Lad, Dinesh Gundu Rao, and B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, who served successful the erstwhile Cabinet.
Son successful ministry
Besides securing a berth for his son, the erstwhile CM appears to person successfully advocated the inclusion of loyalists, including M.B. Patil, K.J. George, G. Parameshwara, Byrathi Suresh, and K.H. Muniyappa.
Senior person B.K. Hariprasad, who is wide tipped to go the adjacent president of the Congress portion successful Karnataka, is believed to beryllium Mr. Siddaramaiah’s preferred prime for the enactment post.
The furniture enactment is seen arsenic a deft governmental workout by the enactment precocious command. By creating a lawman CM's post, the erstwhile main curate is believed to person accommodated G. Parameshwara.
Six-time MLA G. Parameshwara, who served arsenic lawman CM successful the H.D. Kumaraswamy-led conjugation government, had agelong been regarded arsenic a contender for the station of CM. His assignment arsenic Deputy CM is seen arsenic a strategical determination to equilibrium competing ambitions wrong the party.
AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge has ensured practice to his lad Priyank Kharge and loyalist Sharan Prakash Patil, a four-time MLA from Sedam.
Belagavi factor
Senior person Satish Jarkiholi, who hails from the Valmiki assemblage and represents the Scheduled Tribes (ST), has recovered a spot successful the ministry. Since the precocious bid was believed to person turned down his request for some a ministerial berth and the KPCC chief’s post, helium preferred a furniture berth implicit the enactment post, mostly to workout his clasp implicit Belagavi district, seemingly to forestall the maturation of Laxman Savadi and Laxmi Hebbalkar.
Three ministers — M. B. Patil, Eshwar Khandre, and Sharan Prakash Patil — correspond the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, portion the Dalit assemblage is represented by Mr. Kharge, Mr. Parameshwara (both right), and Mr. Muniyappa (left).
As the Chief Minister belongs to the Vokkaliga community, five-time MLA Krishna Byre Gowda’s induction is viewed arsenic balancing assemblage representation. Ramalinga Reddy, an eight-time legislator, belongs to the Reddy Vokkaliga community.
The enactment has ensured practice for the Kuruba assemblage (OBC), to which Mr. Siddaramaiah belongs, by inducting Byrathi Suresh and Mr. Yathindra.
Five-time MLA U.T. Khader, who served arsenic Speaker of the Legislative Assembly successful the erstwhile government, has recovered a place in the ministry. While Khader represents Mangaluru, K.J. George, a six-time MLA, represents the Sarvagnanagar constituency, Bengaluru.
Speaker’s station vacant
With Mr Khader’s induction, the Speaker’s station has fallen vacant. According to enactment sources, the precocious bid considered experienced legislators specified arsenic H.K. Patil, Basavaraj Rayareddy and T.B. Jayachandra for the post. (EOM)
Bengaluru dominates
Region-wise, 4 ministers — Ramalinga Reddy, Byrathi Suresh, K J George, and Krishna Byre Gowda — correspond constituencies successful Bengaluru City. Shivakumar, meanwhile, represents Kanakapura successful the Bengaluru South district; Mr Muniyappa represents the Bengaluru Rural district.
Mr Kharge, Mr Sharan Prakash Patil, and Mr Khandre correspond the Kalyana Karnataka region, which elected 5 MPs successful the 2024 parliament polls. Mr M. B. Patil and Mr Jarkiholi correspond the Kittur Karnataka region.
Mr Yathindra is apt to go the district-in-charge curate of the Mysuru district, portion Dr Parameshwara continues to beryllium the district-in-charge of Tumakuru district.
No pistillate minister
The precocious bid has not fixed practice to women legislators in the Cabinet successful the archetypal list.
Laxmi Hebbalkar served arsenic the Women and Child Welfare Development Minister successful the Siddaramaiah-led government.
