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Sunday, June 19, 2016

14 ministers dropped ahead of cabinet reshuffle in Karnataka Sunday June 19,2016

Ahead of a major revamp of his ministry this afternoon, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has dropped 14 members from the Council of Ministry.

With Congress High Command giving go-ahead for the much awaited exercise, the Chief Minister recommended sacking of 14 ministers prior to the swearing in of new ministers.

Governor Vajubhai Vala has accepted the recommendations, a notification from the Governor said.



The ministers who faced the axe are -
  1. Qamarul Islam
  2. Shamanoor Shivashankarappa
  3. V Srinivasa Prasad
  4. MH Ambareesh
  5. Vinay Kumar Sorake
  6. Satish Jarkiholi
  7. Baburao Chinchansoor
  8. Shivaraj Sangappa Tangadagi
  9. SR Patil
  10. Manohar Tahasildhar
  11. K Abayachandra Jain
  12. Dinesh Gundu Rao
  13. Kimmane Ratnakar
  14. PT Parameshwar Naik
In a major revamp, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday sacked 14 Ministers and inducted 13 into his Council of Ministers in a long-awaited exercise. 

The Chief Minister has embarked upon the exercise more than three years after assuming office on May 13, 2013. 

With the Congress high command giving the go-ahead, nine Ministers of Cabinet rank and four Ministers of State were sworn in by Governor Vajubhai Vala at a ceremony in Raj Bhavan. 

Tanveer Sait, Kagodu Thimmappa, Ramesh Kumar, Basavaraj Raya Reddy, H.Y. Meti, S.S. Mallikarjun, M.R. Seetharam, Santosh Lad and Ramesh Jarkiholi were inducted as Cabinet Ministers. 

Priyank Kharge, Rudrappa Lamani, Eshwar Khandre and Pramod Madhwaraj were sworn in as Ministers of State.

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