The portfolios allocated to different ministers in the HD Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka was announced on Friday.
Kumaraswamy kept 11 portfolios, while Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwar got Home Ministry, Bangalore city and Youth empowerment.
While Kumaraswamy’s brother H D Revanna has been given Public Works Department, state’s senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar gets Major and Medium Irrigation, as also Medical Education, after he had initially insisted on Energy.
The portfolio allocation has been made in line with the power-sharing agreement.
Senior Congress leader R V Deshpande gets Revenue and K J George Large and Medium Industries and IT&BT.
The lone woman minister, yesteryear Kannada actress-turned-MLC Jayamala has been given Women and Child development along with Kannada and Culture.
83-year-old M C Managuli, who is the seniormost minister in the coalition government, gets Horticulture.
Portfolios allocated to Congress Ministers are Krishna Byre Gowda (Rural Development, Law and Justice, Parliamentary Affairs), Shivashankara Reddy (Agriculture), Ramesh Jarkiholi (Municipalities and Local Bodies, Ports and Inland transport), Priyank Kharge (Social Welfare), U T Khader (Housing, City Corporations), Zameer Ahmed Khan (Food and Civil Supplies, Minority Welfare and Wakf), Shivanand Patil (Health and Family Welfare), Venkataramanappa (Labour), Rajshekar Patil (Mines and Geology, Muzrai), Puttaranga Shetty (Backward Classes Welfare).
On the JD(S) side, the portfolios allotted are Bandeppa Kashampur (Cooperation), G T Deve Gowda (Higher Education), D C Thammanna (Transport), S R Srinivas (Small Scale Industries), Venkatrao Nadagouda (Animal Husbandry and Fisheries), C S Puttaraju (Minor Irrigation), Sa Ra Mahesh (Tourism and Sericulture).
BSP’s Mahesh has got Primary and Secondary Education, while R Shankar of KPJP has been given Forest and Environment.
Here is the full list:
(With PTI inputs)