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KJ George may lose Home Minister post to KPCC President G Parameshwara

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KJ George

Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Home Minister K J George is likely to lose his powerful ministry, as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G. Parameshwara, who is being inducted into the Cabinet on Thursday, will take over the same.

 

Parameshwara was keen on Deputy CM’s post, but the Congress high command was not in favour of it, as it would lead to creation of a parallel power centre to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

As a compensation, the party offered him either of the powerful ministries of Home Affairs & Revenue and it is said that Parameshwara opted for the former. However, an official announcement is expected later on Thursday after he takes the official oath.

As George is making way for Parameshwara, he could be appointed as the dedicated minister to oversee the development of Bengaluru, a long-pending demand of the industry, especially the IT sector.

4 new ministers

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will induct 4 new ministers into his Council of Ministers in an effort to end the rebellion in the party. He has forwarded the list to the Governor’s office for approval and the swearing-in ceremony will take place later today.

Those joining Siddaramaiah’s Council are Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G. Parameshwara, A Manju, Vinay Kulkarni and Manohar Tahsildar. While Parameshwara and Tahsildar will get Cabinet grade, Manju and Kulkarni will be ministers of state (Independent charge).

However, ministerial aspirants, such as H Y Meti and Maalikkayya V Guttedar, who could not make it to the Cabinet, have expressed their resentment. Of the 4 selected for induction today, 3 are supposed to be Siddaramaiah’s followers and this has angered Congress loyalists.

“There is no reshuffle of the Cabinet. We are filling up 4 vacant posts. This is just an expansion of the Cabinet,” said Siddaramaiah.

(Agencies)

Bengaluru: Group of Congressmen set to revolt against Digvijay Singh

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Digvijay Singh

Bengaluru/Agencies: A number of current and past legislators belonging to Congress party are up in arms against Digvijay Singh, who has been in charge of Congress affairs in Karnataka since sometime. These people, who wield considerable clout in the party, have together begun an effort to divest Digvijay of Karnataka Congress affairs, and they have initiated efforts to bring pressure on the party high command to make this happen, sources said.

It is said that some state ministers and legislators are making efforts to ensure that Singh is relieved of charge relating to Karnataka, as they expect All India Congress Committee to be revamped during January or February 2015. Sources say that the issue has already reached Congress national vice president, Rahul Gandhi. These Congressmen are angry at keeping legislators and past legislators at bay while allotting seats in boards and corporations, and that the decisions of a single person is being imposed on all the people without justification.

It is gathered that top leaders in Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and government were ready to consider these people for heading corporations and boards, but Digvijay stuck to his stand against doing so. The party people are also angry that Digvijay had done so entirely on the advice of an individual.

It is learnt that Digvijay Singh has already instructed both Siddaramaiah and Dr G Parameshwara, to fill posts of directors in all urban development authorities, corporations, and boards in the state without further delay. He has told them to post loyal party workers to urban development authorities and to corporations and boards after obtaining resignations from present office bearers.

KPCC president, Dr G Parameshwar, has suddenly left for New Delhi, fuelling speculations about the purpose of his visit.

CM Siddaramaiah to reshuffle cabinet, at least six ministers to be shown the door

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CM Siddaramaiah (Photo credit: IE)

CM Siddaramaiah (Photo credit: IE)

Bangalore: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is planning to revamp his council of ministers by this year-end, and according to sources at least six ministers to be shown the door.

Under-performance and ill-health are said to be the two main factors that are going to determine the reshuffle. The chief minister has held a preliminary round of consultation with AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka, Digvijay Singh, in this regard. But the final nod from the party high command is yet to come, says one media report.

According to sources, the ministers likely to be dropped are: Shamanur Shivashankarappa (Horticulture), Qamarul Islam (Minority Welfare), Kimmane Ratnakar (Primary Education), Parmeshwara Naik (Labour), Abhaychandra Jain (Fisheries) and Baburao Chinchanasur (Textiles).

DHNS says, Siddaramaiah has already directed his office to compile a report on the performance of each of the ministers. The report is being prepared based on implementation of budgetary programmes, number of review meetings held, touring the State for inspection and file clearance, sources added.

However, neither Siddaramaiah nor the party high command has prepared a tentative list of names for new ministers. The process to select names is likely to commence after the winter session of the State legislature likely to be held in December at Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi.

Both Parameshwara and Siddaramaiah are likely to meet the party top brass on November 16 to finalise the list of names for boards and corporations, besides those to be inducted into the ministry. The CM, who did not want to go in for expansion, had to change his plans due to mounting pressure from within the party over non-performing ministers.

The high command had recently asked the CM to give a dossier on each minister.

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