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No portfolios five days on, Karnataka ministers lobby openly
Five days after 19 ministers were sworn into the Karnataka cabinet, portfolio allocation remains pending as Chief Minister DK Shivakumar juggles competing demands. Newly inducted minister Basavaraja Rayareddi publicly claimed the finance…
The Story in Brief
Five days after 19 ministers were sworn into the Karnataka cabinet, portfolio allocation remains pending as Chief Minister DK Shivakumar juggles competing demands. Newly inducted minister Basavaraja Rayareddi publicly claimed the finance department, citing his stint as finance adviser to former CM Siddaramaiah. Ministers K.S. Basavanthappa and S.S. Mallikarjun stayed in Bengaluru for lobbying despite being asked to visit drought-affected districts. Dissident seven-time MLA T.B. Jayachandra has threatened to sit with the Opposition. A dinner meeting of around 40 unhappy MLAs is planned for Aug 13, the day the Monsoon session begins.
The Indian Opinion
The usual line is that portfolio delays are routine politics. But five days without allocating work while a drought burns the districts is not routine. Ministers camped in Bengaluru seeking finance or social welfare instead of touring parched villages. The Aug 13 MLAs dinner will test whether this is jockeying or a real breach. If 40 MLAs show up, the CM will have to answer why governance took a back seat to horse-trading.
Sources (4): deccanherald.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com, deccanherald.com (2), deccanherald.com (3)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.
