<p>Former chief minister Siddaramaiah has had his say, with his close aide M B Patil getting the coveted Home portfolio. Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara had to part with the portfolio despite his resistance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal sent the list with portfolios of the eight newly inducted ministers to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for approval on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It has been sent to Governor Vajubhai Vala for his assent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It has been a week since the names of the eight Congress legislators, inducted into the Cabinet, were announced, but portfolio allocation was delayed due to hectic<br />lobbying.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>The tussle</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The tussle for the Home portfolio even led to reported war of words between Siddaramaiah and Parameshwara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parameshwara was very reluctant to give up the portflio and did so only after the intervention of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, he will continue to hold the Bengaluru Development portfolio with IT-BT and Law and Parliamentary Affairs added to his kitty.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>New </strong><strong>faces</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Several ministers, who held multiple portfolios, have been divested of one to accommodate the new faces.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Medical Education porfolio, which was under D K Shivakumar, has been given to E Tukaram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shivakumar will retain Water Resources and also take charge of Kannada and Culture from Jayamala.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Satish Jarakiholi, brother of Ramesh who was dropped from the Cabinet, has been given Forest. Ramesh’s Municipal Administration portfolio has been allotted to C S Shivalli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MTB Nagaraj has been given Housing, held by U T Khader. Khader will continue to hold Urban Development portfolio.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Muzai and Skill Development held by Rajashekar Patil and R V Desphande, respectively, have been allotted to P T Parameshwar<br />Naik.</p>
<p>Former chief minister Siddaramaiah has had his say, with his close aide M B Patil getting the coveted Home portfolio. Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara had to part with the portfolio despite his resistance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal sent the list with portfolios of the eight newly inducted ministers to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for approval on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It has been sent to Governor Vajubhai Vala for his assent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It has been a week since the names of the eight Congress legislators, inducted into the Cabinet, were announced, but portfolio allocation was delayed due to hectic<br />lobbying.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>The tussle</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The tussle for the Home portfolio even led to reported war of words between Siddaramaiah and Parameshwara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Parameshwara was very reluctant to give up the portflio and did so only after the intervention of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, he will continue to hold the Bengaluru Development portfolio with IT-BT and Law and Parliamentary Affairs added to his kitty.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>New </strong><strong>faces</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Several ministers, who held multiple portfolios, have been divested of one to accommodate the new faces.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Medical Education porfolio, which was under D K Shivakumar, has been given to E Tukaram.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shivakumar will retain Water Resources and also take charge of Kannada and Culture from Jayamala.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Satish Jarakiholi, brother of Ramesh who was dropped from the Cabinet, has been given Forest. Ramesh’s Municipal Administration portfolio has been allotted to C S Shivalli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MTB Nagaraj has been given Housing, held by U T Khader. Khader will continue to hold Urban Development portfolio.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Muzai and Skill Development held by Rajashekar Patil and R V Desphande, respectively, have been allotted to P T Parameshwar<br />Naik.</p>
