Bengaluru: Congress-JD(S) coalition - key portfolios to be divided equally


Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru

Bengaluru, May 26: With Congress-JD(S) agreeing to split the 34 ministerial berths on the 22:12 ratio, Congress is likely to keep two key ministerial berths, Home and Energy while JD(S) is likely to take PWD and Revenue.

A senior Congress MLA said that the list of portfolios has already been drawn and key departments have been divided by the key parties. After Kumaraswamy won the floor test on Friday, a meeting was held between the alliance partners with CM and his brother HD Revanna representing JD(S) and former CM Siddaramaiah, AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka KC Venugopal and Deputy CM DR G Parameshwara from Congress.

The Congress leaders may proceed to Delhi on Saturday or after Rajarajeshwari Nagar poll on May 28 to meet party’s top brass for final decision on portfolios and the date of the ministry expansion.

Sources reveal that both parties will share education with one party being in-charge of primary and secondary and another taking up higher education. They also add that JD(S) has asked for other key portfolios such as Finance and Water Resources.

While majority of the ministerial berths may be taken by Congress party veterans, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has asked party high command to include second and third line of state party leadership which includes leaders like U T Khader, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Krishna Byre Gowda and Priyank Kharge.

Subject to former CM Siddaramaiah and CM Kumaraswamy, keeping their differences at bay for a healthy coalition, Dr Yathindra, son of former CM Siddaramaiah getting ministerial berth cannot be ruled out.

From JD(S), experienced leaders like D Revanna, CS Puttaraju, AH Vishwanath, A T Ramaswamy, Basavaraj Horatti, Bandeappa Kashempur and G T Deve Gowda are likely to get ministerial berths.

Among Congress names of leaders such as RV Deshpande, Shyamanur Shivashankarappa, Ramalinga Reddy, SR Patil, HK Patil, Priyank Kharge, Laxmi Hebbalkar, Roopa Sashidhar are making rounds.

While Congress is trying to keep a balance between the young and old leaders, they are also finding it difficult in accommodating Muslim leaders. It is said that minority leaders such as R Roshan Baig, Rahim Khan, Tanveer Sait and Zameer Ahmed Khan are seeking berths.

Most likely, the portfolios of the ministers will be announced after May 28 polling in Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly constituency.

  

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  • Naveen, Netakere

    Sun, May 27 2018

    Deep in cash crunch congress looking for cash cows but question is Kitna Din chalega. Bhagwan Daya Karo aur hamein bachavo

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Bengaluru/Katapadi

    Sat, May 26 2018

    The party high command and the local leaders do take care of this problem of portfolio distribution.

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  • Raghavendra M K, Mumbai Maharashtra

    Sat, May 26 2018

    the political situation is Karnataka is very fluid. because bjp is waiting with money bags from bellary brother to attract MLAs from congress and dal. the reason is that the result of Karnataka election made beginning of end of bjp/modi era. by hook or crook they will try to topple this government, and to prevent the opposition unity.

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  • R Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Sat, May 26 2018

    The only way they can divide key portfolios equally
    Lock With One
    Key with Another
    Is it not?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, May 26 2018

    This is called DEMOCRACY ...

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  • SK, Mangalore

    Sat, May 26 2018

    This called DEAL...tera 50 Mera 50...Janta gaye baad mein

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  • Rohan Pinto, Mangalore

    Sat, May 26 2018

    Mr Khader must get a ministerial birth, he's a most eligible and hardworking leader in the present Congress MLA's list

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