Final list of ministers - Four from twin districts in, D K Shivkumar, Anil Lad left out
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, May 18: The final list of MLAs who would be taking oath on Saturday May 18 is out, hours before the swearing-in ceremony.
Highly placed sources told daijiworld that as expected, the four MLAs from the coastal region - U T Khadar (Ullal), Ramanath Rai (Bantwal), Vinay Kumar Sorake (Kaup) and Abhaychandra Jain (Moodbidri) have been given ministerial berths.
Senior leader R V Deshpande and actor-turned-politicians Ambareesh and Umashri too have been chosen.
The final list was screened and given the green signal by the AICC in New Delhi.
Suprisingly, the names of Anil Lad and D K Shivkumar are reportedly missing. This may have to do with the fact that the Congress high command as well as chief minister Siddaramaiah have been firm on not having any tainted ministers in the cabinet. However, even the final list has a few names that have cases against them.
Trouble seems to be already brewing in the party with Anil Lad reportedly threatening to quit if he is not given a place in the ministry.
"I was assured of a ministerial berth, but now I have been left out," said a disappointed Lad, to which, a Congress leader retorted that Anil Lad can leave Congress if he wants to.
Names of Appaji Nadagowda and K R Ramesh Kumar were there in the list, but while Nadagowda's name was removed at the last miniute, Ramesh Kumar's name was withheld.
Speaking to reporters in Mysore, Siddaramaiah said that 29 ministers will be taking oath on May 18, and that tainted MLAs have been kept out.
As per sources, the other names in the final list are:
K J George
A Manju
Ramalinga Reddy
Dinesh Gundurao
Krishna Byregowda
H C Mahadevappa
V Srinivas Prasad
P T Parameshwar Nayak
Qamarulla Islam
Shamanur Shivshankarappa
T B Jayachandra
Umashri
H K Patil
Sharan Prakash Patil
Ambareesh
Shivraj Tangadagi
R V Deshpande
M B Patil
Prakash Hukkeri
Satish Jharkiholi
Santosh Lad
H Anjaneya
Baburao Chinchanasooru
Kimmane Ratnakar
H H Mahadevaprasad