Seven new faces will be inducted into the Karnataka Cabinet at 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday.
Chief minister B. S. Yediyurappa announced the list of seven legislators to be inducted into the cabinet: defectors MTB Nagaraju and R. Shankar, C. P. Yogeeshwara (all three MLCs) and four senior MLAs Umesh Katti, Arvind Limbavali, S. Angara and Murugesh Nirani.
While this will fill all the seven vacancies in the Cabinet, one minister will be dropped to keep one slot vacant. Excise Minister H. Nagesh will be dropped and he was being convinced to resign, Chief Minister said.
No berth for Munirathna
Notable exclusion from those being inducted into the Cabinet is Munirathna, a defector who recently won the bypolls.
Mr. Yediyurappa had announced during the bypoll campaign that Mr. Munirathna will be made a minister once he wins bypolls. A case against Mr. Munirathna, alleging election fraud pending in Supreme Court, turned an impediment for him to become minister, party sources said. He was assured of…