Karnataka Cabinet expansion: Portfolios allocated to CM Bommai’s new team

Karnataka Cabinet expansion: Portfolios allocated to CM Bommai’s new team

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Aug 07, 2021: Portfolios were on Saturday allocated to the 29 newly sworn-in ministers of Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai with the CM himself keeping the key posts of Finance, Bengaluru Development and Cabinet Affairs.

V Sunil Kumar- Energy, along with Kannada and Culture

S Angara- Fisheries, ports and inland transport

Kota Srinivas Poojari- Social Welfare and Backward Classes

 

 

The Ecology and Environment department has been allocated to Anand Singh, who took oath in the name of Vijayanagara Virupaksha and ‘thaayi’ (mother) Bhuvaneshwari (a goddess revered as the goddess of Karnataka).

Bommai, who was elected as the new leader of the BJP legislature party last week, following Yediyurappa’s resignation, had taken oath as the Chief Minister on July 28. Among the Ministers in the new cabinet are 8 Lingayats, 7 Vokkaligas, 7 OBCs, 3 SCs, 2 Brahmins, 1 ST and 1 Reddy, and a woman.

Earlier today, Bommai had said there will be no Deputy Chief Ministers in his cabinet as per the high command’s directions, also Yediyurappa’s younger son and state BJP Vice President B Y Vijayendra is not among the Ministers who will be sworn-in.