Bommai’s new cabinet

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai

Four days after 29 ministers took oath, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday allocated cabinet portfolios. Bommai retained DPAR, Finance, and Intelligence from Home, Cabinet Affairs, Bengaluru Development and all unallotted portfolios. BJP ministers from north Karnataka and newly inducted loyal party leaders were awarded creme posts. The party gifted Araga Jnanendra the Home Department.

The rebels who resigned from the Congress and JD-(S) alliance to bring BJP to power mostly continued with earlier portfolios.

Former deputy CM and senior Dalit leader Govind Karajol was allotted the Major and Medium Irrigation portfolio. Another senior leader from BS Yediyurappa's Shivamogga district was allotted Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.

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