Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi
Udupi, Nov 23: Udupi MLA Pramod Madhwaraj has been appointed parliamentary secretary with immediate effect by chief minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah.
The appointment was announced on Monday November 23.
Madhwaraj has been appointed parliamentary secretary to the minister of revenue. The appointment was made in accordance with the Karnataka Parliamentary Secretaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1963.
The appointment comes days after another MLA from the coastal region, Shakuntala Shetty of Puttur, was sworn-in as parliamentary secretary along with 9 others. The others were Makabul S Bagavan (Vijapura City constituency), Raju Alagur (Nagathana), Umesh G Jadhav (Chincholi), Doddamani Ramakrishna Shidlingappa (Shirahatti), ChennabasappaSatyappaShivalli (Kundagol), Shakuntala Shetty (Puttur), C Puttarangashetty (Chamarajangar), H P Manjunatha (Hunsur), E Thukaram (Sandur) (all MLAs) and K Govindaraj, MLC.
Pramod Madhwaraj was sworn-in by the chief minister on Monday.
Parliamentary secretaries assist the chief minister in the implementation of works and expedite works, stated an official notification.