JOIN USThe independent MLAs, who are ministers in the Yeddyurappa Cabinet, have been allotted districts. Health Minister Sriramulu has been appointed in-charge of Ramnagar, besides Gadag. Energy minister Shobha Karandlaje has got Tumkur.
Newly-inducted minister S A Ramdas has been appointed in-charge of Mysore, while C H Vijayashankar is in-charge of Kodagu. V Somanna will look after Hassan. Law and Parliamentary Affairs minister Suresh Kumar, who was in-charge of Tumkur and Mysore, has not been allotted any district. Mumtaz Ali Khan, Laxman Savadi, Anand Asnotikar have been left out in the revised list.
Following is the revised list of district in-charge ministers: Shimoga - B S Yeddyurappa, Tumkur - Shobha Karandlaje, Davangere - S A Ravindranath, Bellary - Janardhana Reddy, Chitradurga - Karunakara Reddy, Chamarajanagar - P M Narendraswamy, Bidar - Revu Naik Belamagi, Bagalkot - Govind Karjol, Bangalore Rural - B N Bache Gowda, Gulbarga - Basavaraj Bommai, Gadag & Ramanagar - Sriramulu, Mangalore - Krishna J Palemar, Raichur - D Sudhakar, Yadgir - Balachandra Jarkiholi, Koppal - Shivaraj Tangadagi, Kodagu - C H Vijayashankar, Mysore - S A Ramdas, Hassan - V Somanna, Bangalore South & Mandya - R Ashoka, Kolar - A Narayanaswamy, Bangalore North - Katta Subramanya Naidu, Dharwad - Jagadish Shettar, Belgaum - Umesh Katti, Haveri - C M Udasi, Uttara Kannada - Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri, Udupi - V S Acharya, Chikballapur - Venkataramanappa, Bijapur - Murugesh Nirani and Chikmagalur-MP Renukacharya.