Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday expanded his ministry by inducting six more ministers, raising the strength to 34. A Narayanaswamy, C H Vijayashankar, C C Patil, Shobha Karandlaje, V Somanna and S A Ramdas took
oath as ministers of cabinet rank at a brief function held here at Raj Bhavan.
Governor H R Bhardwaj administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers.
Besides Yeddyurappa, some of his cabinet colleagues and BJP National General Secretary
H N Anantkumar were present on the occasion. With this, the ministry of Yeddyurappa
has regained full strength. On Tuesday, Yeddyurappa sacked three ministers, including
Gulihatti D Shekar, who had threatened to commit suicide if axed. The ministers
who have been dropped are Shivana Gouda Naik (Adult Education) and Aravinda Limbaval
(Higher Education) besides Shekar (Sports). The sacking of the ministers came
amidst threats of suicide by Shekar and of resignation to their membership by
some MLAs, who are lobbying for ministerial berths.
