Cabinet expansion in June first week?
Bengaluru, May 30: Due to tug of war between the two coalition partners- JDS and Congress over sharing the portfolio even after one week of forming the government, the cabinet expansion process has been postponed to June first week.
Both CM HD Kumaraswamy and DCM Dr G Parameshwar have been saying that the cabinet would be expanded shortly. But as the number of aspirants for the ministerial berths is more, both the parties have not yet come to a conclusion.
Meanwhile, in view of the AICC president Rahul Gandhi’s foreign tour, the expansion was also delayed. Even then, it is said that the cabinet would be expanded on June 2. But, the names to be inducted into the cabinet are not yet finalized. Both the parties have prepared their own lists and expansion circus would happen either on June 4 or June 6, it is said.
In Congress, there is a big list of aspirants like HK Patil, Ramalinga Reddy, KJ George, UT Khader, Roshan Baig, RV Deshpande, DK Shivakumar, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, Priyank Kharge, Satish Jarkiholi, E Tukaram and others. However in the JDS, Bandeppa Kashempur, GT Deve Gowda, HK Kumaraswamy, HD Revanna, Venkataram Nada Gouda, H Vishwanath, CS Puttaraju and others could get the chance.
“The JDS-Congress coalition government’s cabinet would be expanded in a couple of days. The government would take Karnataka state as one of the model state in the country in terms of development”, said CH H D Kumaraswamy.
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Venkatesh Prasad elected KSCA president, Sujith Somasundar is new vice-president
Bengaluru (PTI): Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad was on Sunday elected as the new president of the troubled Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).
In the polls, Prasad, a former vice-president of the association, went ahead of veteran sports administrator KN Shanth Kumar 749-558 as a total of 1307 members voted.
Prasad now will have the onerous task of bringing top-flight cricket back to the state, which got sidelined after the stampede near the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4 in which 11 Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans were killed.
Both Prasad and Shanth Kumar, Director of The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd and one of the Directors on the PTI Board, had vowed to take necessary steps to revive cricket in the state, and it was their respective panel's major poll pitch.
Former India batter Sujith Somasundar won the election to the post of vice-president ahead of D. Vinod Shivappa 719-588.
Somasundar had stepped down from the post of Education Head at the BCCI Centre of Excellence recently to contest in the KSCA polls.
BN Madhukar is the new KSCA treasurer after winning the election 736-571 ahead of MS Vinay. Experienced administrator Santosh Menon returned to the association fold as its new secretary after getting the better of ES Jairam 675-632.
Jairam had resigned from the post of KSCA secretary after 11 fans were killed and several injured in the stampede near the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, taking the moral responsibility for the tragic turn of events.
The Prasad-led panel, which had the open backing of former India players Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, hence grabbed four key posts in the polls which were held at the Chinnaswamy Stadium between 10am and 5 pm.
“First and foremost, this is a victory for the sport of cricket. Secondly, this is a victory for all the members who wanted a change, all the people who wanted international cricket to come back to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. This is a victory for all stakeholders — the cricket fans,” Prasad told reporters after becoming president.
The Brijesh Patel-backed camp saw BK Ravi from its list winning the race to the post of joint secretary 669-638 ahead of AV Shashidhara.
Former women’s cricketer Kalpana Venkatachar (764) and former Karnataka wicketkeeper batter Avinash Vaidya (691), who contested from Prasad's panel, were elected as members from the Bangalore Zone along with Aashish Amarlall (703).
