Kumaraswamy's ministers to take oath tomorrow at 2.12 pm

June 05, 2018 21:16

A fortnight after becoming Chief Minister, H D Kumaraswamy will expand his two-member cabinet tomorrow at 2.12 pm after days of hard bargaining between the ruling coalition partners, JDS and Congress.

Under the power sharing arrangement, Congress will have 22 ministers and the JDS, 12.

Kumaraswamy said there would be "two to three vacancies" which would be filled later.

Deputy chief minister and KPCC chief G Parameshwara said the Congress ministers would be a combination of seniors and juniors, setting aside speculation that juniors want seniors to pave the way for them.

According to the agreement, Congress will get the portfolios of Home, Irrigation, Bangalore City Development, Industry and Sugar Industry, Health, Revenue, Urban Development, Rural Development, Agriculture, Law and Parliamentary Affairs and IT/BT, among others.

The JDS' portfolios include Finance, Excise, Information, Intelligence, Public Works Department, Power,Cooperation, Tourism, Education and Transport.

-- PTI

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