Karnataka: Yediyurappa rejigs Cabinet for third time, reallocates portfolios to some ministers
The threat of resignation by Madhuswamy is also being seen as an effort to retain his hold over Tumkur region when the Chief Minister appoints new ministers-in-charge for districts.
FollowBengaluru: In yet another cabinet reshuffle, the third in less than a week, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday carried out a reallocation of portfolios to four ministers to address the resentment among some ministers.
With former law minister JC Madhuswamy reportedly unhappy over being given the Medical Education portfolio, he has now been assigned Tourism, Ecology and Environment departments.
Yediyurappa on Monday initially allocated the departments of Tourism, Ecology and Environment to the former JD(U) leader. Later in the day, he allocated the Minor Irrigation Ministry to Madhuswamy and gave the Tourism, Ecology and Environment portfolios to newly inducted minister CP Yogeshwar.
Madhuswamy on Monday told the media that he is likely to resign as a minister after hoisting the national flag for Republic Day in Tumkur district where he is the minister in-charge. “I am not a person who will hang around when my self-esteem is under attack. I will wait till Tuesday morning and decide my course of action,” Madhuswamy said.
The threat of resignation by Madhuswamy is also being seen as an effort to retain his hold over Tumkur region when the Chief Minister appoints new ministers-in-charge for districts.
Minister Anand Singh has been given the charge of Infrastructure Development Department and Haj and Wakf. He was on January 21 assigned to Tourism, Environment and Ecology departments, while being divested of the Forest Department.
Health Minister K Sudhakar has been reassigned with the Medical Education Department as an additional charge, which was divested from him last week. Sudhakar had been sulking ever since he was divested of the Medical Education portfolio, and had even warned that separating the two departments could impair the states Covid-19 vaccination effort.
