19.5.13

Somewhere in Karnataka....



Largely keeping away “tainted” MLAs, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expanded his ministry with the induction of 28 ministers.
Mining baron and Rajya Sabha member Anil Lad, elected from Bellary, former working presidents of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee D K Shivakumar and R Roshan Baig failed to make it as the high command wanted to start off with a“clean slate” by keeping the “tainted”at bay.
 Twenty were sworn in as cabinet ministers and the remaining eight as ministers of state by governor H R Bhardwaj, in the presence of Siddaramaiah and KPCC president G Parameshwara.
In the run-up to the May 5 Assembly elections, the Congress built its poll campaign on an anti-corruption platform, targeting the incumbent BJP government, which was hit by scams and dissidence. It won 121 seats in the 225-member house.

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