Dissatisfaction has again come to the fore in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa has effected a major reshuffle of ministerial portfolios on Thursday while allocating portfolios to the seven newly inducted ministers.
Among the new ministers, who were inducted on January 13, Umesh Katti has been given food and civil supplies which was hitherto held by Mr. Gopalaiah who migrated to the BJP from the JD (S). Similarly, Mr. Murugesh Nirani has been given Mines and Geology portfolio which was held by Mr. C. C. Patil while Arvind Limbavali has been given forest department which was earlier held by Mr. Anand Singh.
Mr. R. Shankar has been given Municipal Administration and Sericulture departments while Angara has got Fisheries and Ports portfolio. Mr. C. P. Yogeshwar has got Minor Irrigation department while Mr. MTB Nagaraju, who was expecting a plum portfolio like Housing, has instead been given excise portfolio.
The big surprise in the Thursday’s…