Bengaluru:Four days after the cabinet expansion, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday allocated portfolios to the 10 newly inducted ministers including Ramesh Jarkiholi, who got the plum major and medium irrigation department, which he was pushing for.
The Chief Minister retained the Department of PublicAdministration, Bengaluru Development, IntelligenceDepartment, Finance and portfolios not allocated.
According to a government press release, Anand Singh got food, civil supplies and consumers affairs portfolio, Srimant Patil was given textile while K Gopalaiah has been assigned small scale industries.
Byrathi Basavaraj secured the Urban Development Department barring Bengaluru-related civic affairs while S T Somashekhar was given the charge of the cooperation department.
The BJP government assigned forest department to BC Patil, medical education to Dr K Sudhakar, municipal administration was given to KC Narayana Gowda and labour department to A Shivaram Hebbar.
The ten BJP MLAs, all defectors from the Congress and JDS, were inducted as ministers last Thursday, with the Chief Minister rewarding them with Cabinet berths for helping the BJP bring down the Congress-JD(S)coalition and come to power in July last year.
"Neither have I asked him nor as he enquired with me (regarding portfolio allocation). I had told him that whatever portfolio he gives me I will perform my duty sincerely.
I got the cooperation department, which is an area I have some experience," Somashekhar said.