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A letter addressed to the newly-appointed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, signed by Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal, provides the “approved list of Cabinet Ministers” for the Karnataka government. The letter also instructs the Chief Minister to ensure that this decision is implemented in accordance with the law.
A controversy has erupted even before the Karnataka Government could be sworn in, as Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge sent a letter to CM Siddaramaiah, providing directives on how the cabinet composition should be structured, while explicitly requesting the inclusion of his son at number 6. The letter by Kharge has raised eyebrows and sparked discussions regarding nepotism and the transparency of the cabinet selection process.
The initial list of elected MLAs selected for ministerial positions includes Priyank Kharge, son of Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha and current president of the Congress party.
A letter addressed to the newly-appointed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, signed by Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal, provides the “approved list of Cabinet Ministers” for the Karnataka government. The letter also instructs the Chief Minister to ensure that this decision is implemented in accordance with the law.
Notably, the approval for the Karnataka cabinet has come from Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
The leaders who have been granted approval for ministerial positions are G Parameshwara, K H Muniyappa, K J George, M. B. Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy, and B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan.
Priyank Kharge won from the Chittapur constituency in Kalaburagi district with a margin of 13,640 votes. According to the Election Commission, he secured 81,088 votes, while BJP’s Manikanta Rathod received 67,450 votes. Priyank defeated Manikanta Rathod from the BJP and Subhash Chandra Rathod of Janata Dal (Secular) in a three-way battle, winning this seat for the third consecutive term.
Currently, Priyank serves as the head of communication and social media wing of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).
In 2016, at the age of 38, he became the youngest minister to be sworn in to the cabinet of then Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, serving as the Minister of IT, BT & Tourism. He has also served as a Cabinet Minister of Social Welfare in the coalition government led by H D Kumaraswamy.
