Siddaramaiah to drop ministers, will resuffle cabinet this month
"We will do it (cabinet reshuffle) within this month...Reshuffle involves dropping few and inducting few," he told reporters here.
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"Yardstick is giving opportunity for new people. Already three years have been completed, there are aspirants, there is a need to give opportunity to them," he added.
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Siddaramiah, who had planned to reshuffle his cabinet by the end of April, had postponed it due to "severe" drought in the state.
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Karnataka is reeling under "worst" drought in recent times and the government has already declared 137 taluks as "drought-hit".
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The Chief Minister himself has embarked on a state-wide review tour to assess the situation.
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He had earlier said he would go to New Delhi to discuss cabinet reshuffle, only after visiting drought-hit regions in the state, and the situation improves.
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In October last, Siddaramaiah had expanded his ministry by inducting four members, including the state Pradesh Congress Committee chief G Parameshwara as Home Minister.
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Pressure has been mounting on the Chief Minister for the cabinet reshuffle for some time now. A section of MLAs had even petitioned the party high command in this regard and had demanded dropping of "non-performers" from the cabinet.