NEW DELHI: At least 20 to 24 new ministers at the moment are scheduled to be inducted within the Siddaramaiah-led Congress authorities in Karnataka on Saturday, get together sources mentioned on Thursday. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, and Deputy Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar had met get together General Secretaries Ok.C. Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala to debate the cupboard growth on Thursday.
The assembly of the 4 leaders lasted for over 5 hours in three classes the place the names of a number of MLAs for ministerial posts had been mentioned, the supply mentioned. The supply mentioned that 20 to 24 extra ministers will take oath on Saturday round 11.30 a.m. However, senior leaders remained tight-lipped on the event.
The get together supply mentioned that names of 20 to 24 probables had been mentioned and despatched to get together chief Mallikarjuna Kharge for taking a closing name. The supply mentioned that earlier than leaving for Bengaluru, each the leaders can even meet former get together chief Rahul Gandhi.
Along with Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, who took oath on final Saturday in Bengaluru in presence of high get together leaders and a number of other distinguished opposition leaders, eight extra ministers — G. Parmeshwara, Ok.H. (*24*), Ok.J. George, M.B. Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyanka Kharge, Ramalimga Reddy and B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan — had taken oath.
However, none of them have been allotted any portfolio but. The slurce mentioned that the Congress must convey stability within the cupboard allocation because it must stability of calls for of various communities within the cupboard.
The politically essential Lingayat neighborhood, who voted within the favour of the get together have claimed for the CM submit, however in absence of a CM from the neighborhood, it’s speculated {that a} chunk of ministerial berths will go to Lingayat MLAs.
The supply mentioned that many of the ministers are to be from the Siddamaraiah camp whereas Shivakumar will get no less than three to 4 portfolios with two distinguished departments.
The get together supply mentioned that Krishna Byre Gowda, Laxman Savadi, Lakshmi Hebbalkar, Saleem Ahmed, Santosh Lad, Dinesh Gundu Rao, HK Patil, Eshwar Khandre, Tanveer Seth, Dr H.C.Mahadevappa, BK Reddy and BK Hariprasad are among the many possible ministers within the checklist.
