Bengaluru: Four days after expanding his Cabinet with the induction of ten newly-elected MLAs as Ministers, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) allotted the portfolios to them this morning.
The allotment of portfolios had become a big headache for CM as all of them were eyeing plum and key portfolios. After several rounds of discussions with the party top brass, BSY finally sent the list of portfolios to the Raj Bhavan here this morning, according to which Ramesh Jarkiholi, the MLA from Gokak who played a crucial role in BJP coming to power in the State, gets the plum Water Resources portfolio, which was earlier held by senior Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar in the previous H.D. Kumaraswamy headed JD(S)-Congress coalition Government. Ramesh was said to be adamant on getting Water Resources Ministry, it is learnt.
