Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa yesterday appointed three Deputy Chief Ministers and allocated portfolios to all 17 Cabinet Ministers, who were inducted on Aug. 20. The allocations of the portfolios were done as per the directions from the BJP High Command.
The portfolios were distributed on the expected lines as three Dy.CMs — Govind Karjol (SC), Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan (Vokkaliga) and Laxman S. Savadi (Lingayat) — were given the second top posts. While Karjol will be the PWD Minister with additional charge of Social Welfare Department, Dr. Ashwath will be the Minister for Higher Education, IT and BT besides Science and Technology. The other Dy.CM Laxman Savadi has been given the charge of Transport Department.
