Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jun 21: In a reshuffle of portfolios two days after new ministers in the Siddaramaiah-led cabinet were sworn-in, Ullal MLA U T Khader has lost the health ministry and will now head the ministry for food and civil supplies.
The ministry of food and civil supplies had been led by Dinesh Gundu Rao, who was ousted and later made the KPCC working president.
The health ministry has now gone to newly-inducted minister Ramesh Kumar.
Also, Udupi MLA Pramod Madhwaraj has been given the fisheries and youth services ministries.
List of ministers and their portfolios:
U T Khader - Food and civil supplies
Pramod Madhwaraj - Fisheries and youth services
Ramesh Kumar - Health and family welfare
Priyank Kharge - IT/BT and tourism
S S Mallikarjun - Horticulture
Kagodu Thimmappa - Revenue
Basavaraj Raya Reddy - Higher education
Santosh Lad - Labour
Ramesh Jarkiholi - Small scale industries
Tanveer Sait - Primary and secondary education, and minority welfare and Wakf
T B Jayachandra - Law and parliamentary affairs, and minor irrigation
Roshan Baig - Urban development and Hajj (previously minister for infrastructure development and Hajj)
R V Deshpande - Large scale industries and infrastructure development
H Y Meti - Excise
Rudrappa Lamani - Muzrai and textiles
N R Seetharam - Planning and statistics, and science and technology