Four New Faces From Karnataka Inducted Into PM Modi’s Ministry

Bengaluru:

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inducting 4 new faces from Karnataka into his Ministry, and Chemical substances & Fertilizers Minister DV Sadanda Gowda resigning forward of the reshuffle, the state’s illustration within the Union Council of Ministers now stands at six.

Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa congratulated the brand new Ministers and known as on them to work collectively, to additional the state’s progress throughout all sectors.

“Congratulations and greatest needs to @rajeev_mp, @ShobhaBJP, @ANarayana_swamy and @bhagwantkhuba on being inducted into the Union Council of Ministers from Karnataka. Allow us to work to additional state progress throughout all sectors underneath the management of PM @narendramodi Ji,” Mr Yediyurappa tweeted.

Congratulations and greatest needs to @rajeev_mp, @ShobhaBJP, @ANarayana_swamy and @bhagwantkhuba on being inducted into the Union Council of Ministers from Karnataka.

Allow us to work to additional state progress throughout all sectors underneath the management of PM @narendramodi Ji.

— B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) July 7, 2021

Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Shobha Karandlaje, A Narayanaswamy (Chitradurga), Bhagwanth Khuba (Bidar) and Rajya Sabha member from the state Rajeev Chandrasekhar, have been on Wednesday inducted as Ministers of State within the Modi authorities.

Earlier within the day, Sadanada Gowda, a MP from Bengaluru North, who held the Chemical substances & Fertilizers portfolio, resigned as a part of the rejig.

This leaves six ministers from Karnataka within the Union Council of Ministers, the opposite two being, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who’s member of Rajya Sabha from the state and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi, who’s a MP from Dharwad constituency.

Ms Karandlaje, who was inducted on Wednesday, belongs to the politically influential Vokkaliga group in southern Karnataka, to which Sadananda Gowda additionally belongs.

Mr Khuba’s induction is being seen as a transfer to fill Lingayat illustration within the cupboard that had fallen vacant following the demise of Suresh Angadi,who was serving as Minister of State for Railways., as a consequence of COVID-19 in September final 12 months.

Narayanaswamy’s induction appears to be part of the occasion’s technique to additional consolidate its “Dalit Left vote base”, whereas Rajeev Chandrasekhar is a tech entrepreneur.

The BJP had received 25 out of 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka.

A number of of Mr Yediyurappa’s cupboard colleagues and BJP leaders from the state have congratulated the brand new Ministers.