The 17-month old cabinet in Karnataka was expanded on Wednesday with the induction of seven Ministers.
Governor Vajubhai Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Ministers at a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan.
The new Ministers are MLAs Umesh Katti (Hukkeri), S Angara (Sullia), Murugesh Nirani (Bilgi) and Arvind Limbavali (Mahadevapura), and MLCs R Shankar, MTB Nagaraj and CP Yogeshwar.
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, his cabinet colleagues, BJP leaders and office-bearers, including General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Arun Singh, state unit President Nalin Kumar Kateel, senior state government officials, family members and supporters of the new Ministers, among others, were present.
ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಸಚಿವ ಸಂಪುಟದ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾಗಿ ಇಂದು ಪ್ರಮಾಣವಚನ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಶಾಸಕರಿಗೂ ಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳು. ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಜನರ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕವಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸೋಣ. pic.twitter.com/LL2TBy0OeT
January 13, 2021This is the third expansion of the cabinet since Yediyurappa assumed charge in July 2019 after the collapse of the Congress-JDS government in the wake of revolt by 17 MLAs of the coalition partners.
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