Karnataka Cabinet expansion today

September 05, 2016 08:26

An expansion of the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka will take place today, nearly three months after a major rejig which had triggered discontent over dropping of some ministers.

"State cabinet expansion on September 5 at 4.30 pm at Glass House of Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru," Department of Information and Public Relations said in a release in Bengaluru.

Sources in the state Congress said that M Krishnappa, a Vokkaliga leader representing Vijaynagar Assembly constituency in Bengaluru, is likely to be inducted into the cabinet.

This is seen by political observers as a move by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, heading the three-year old Congress government, to assuage the ruffled sentiments of Vokkaliga community who have been expressing their ire for dropping their leaders -- M H Ambareesh and Kimmane Ratnakar in June this year.

The chief minister, in a major revamp, had sacked 14 ministers and inducted 13 members into his Council of Ministry on June 20, which led to discontent with actor-turned politician Ambareesh resigning as MLA.

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