Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 13:12 IST
The list includes names of Congress-JD(S) rebels-turned-BJP legislators like MLCs R Shankar and MTB Nagaraj, who helped the saffron party come to power in the state. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa | Photo Credit: ANI
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The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Raj Bhavan by 3.30 pm
This is the third expansion of the 17-month old cabinet
Bengaluru: After hectic parleys, the long-awaited Karnataka cabinet expansion will take place today afternoon as the state government has finalised the names of seven ministers who will be inducted to the state cabinet.
The list includes names of Congress-JD(S) rebels-turned-BJP legislators like MLCs R Shankar and MTB Nagaraj, who helped the saffron party to form government in the state.
As Karnataka Chief Minster BS Yediyurappa expands his 17-month old cabinet, seven ministers took oath today; at least three of them are the Chief Minister's loyalists.
Trouble brews for Karnataka CM Yediyurappa as BJP MLAs disapprove of cabinet expansion
Trouble brews for Karnataka CM Yediyurappa as BJP MLAs disapprove of cabinet expansion
Several BJP MLAs have openly opposed the names suggested by the Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa to the Raj Bhavan for induction into his cabinet.
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File photo of Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa (Photo Credits: PTI)
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday sent a list of seven names to the Raj Bhavan of MLAs who will be inducted into the state cabinet. The much-awaited move came after CM Yediyurappa met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda and the party s Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh in Delhi earlier this week.
The Ministry also said that the COVID-19 vaccination drive scheduled to kick-start from January 16 is a massive country-wide exercise and will use the principles of people’s participation (Jan Bhagidari) and utilise the experience of elections (booth strategy) and the Universal Immunization Program (UIP).
The provision for mandatory publication of notice, derived through “simplistic reading” of the particular law, “would invade in the fundamental rights of liberty and privacy, including within its sphere freedom to choose for marriage without interference from state and non-state actors, of the persons concerned,” the court said in a judgement delivered on January 12.
A three-judge Bench led by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman said the plea had to be considered by a Constitution Bench because the original verdict, striking down Section 497 (adultery) of the Indian Penal Code, was pronounced by a five-judge Bench in September 2018.
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Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa has expanded his cabinet and included seven new ministers.
The much-awaited Karnataka Cabinet expansion took place on Wednesday with the induction of seven new ministers. In the third expansion of the 17-month-old ministry seven MLAs - MTB Nagaraj, Umesh Katti, Aravind Limbavali, Murugesh Nirani, R Shankar, CP Yogeeshwara, Angara S - took oath as ministers. Governor Vajubhai Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new members who were inducted into the Cabinet at the Glass House of Raj Bhavan.
Yediyurappa had finalised the expansion at a meeting with top BJP leaders, including party chief JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi last week.Â