Karnataka cabinet expansion on February 6: Yediyurappa

February 02, 2020 12:27

Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said that the cabinet expansion would take place on February 6, with 13 MLAs taking oath of office.

"The cabinet expansion will take place on February 6 with the oath-taking ceremony at the Raj Bhavan at 10.30 am," Yediyurappa said.

Thirteen MLAs, including 10 who had joined Bharatiya Janata Party from the Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular, will take oath.

The cabinet expansion is on the cards for nearly two months ever since the BJP won the maximum number of seats in the December 5, 2019 bypolls and got a majority in the Karnataka assembly. -- PTI

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