Bengaluru: In a minor re-shuffle regarding District In-charge Ministers, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday appointed Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi as the new Belagavi District Minister and Food & Civil Supplies Minister K. Gopalaiah as Hassan District Minister.
Ramesh Jarkiholi of the Congress and Gopalaiah of the JD(S) had played a key role in the collapse of the JD(S)-Congress coalition Government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy in July last year, by quitting their respective Assembly seats along with over a dozen MLAs from the two parties. However, both Ramesh and Gopalaiah were re-elected to the Assembly in the by-polls held on Dec.5, 2019 from Gokak (Belagavi district) and Mahalakshmi Layout (Bengaluru city) Assembly segments respectively and were inducted into the Yediyurappa Cabinet early this year.
