BANGALORE: Even as the news of Cabinet expansion is doing rounds, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his followers are busy evolving strategies to ensure that their camp gets the maximum share in the expansion.Yeddyurappa and his supporters on Sunday held a meeting at the latters residence at Dollars Colony in Bangalore, where they discussed the ways and means to stall Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowdas plans to expand his nine-month-old cabinet. Yeddyurappa has so far been successful in preventing Gowda from expanding his cabinet. But this time, he might find it difficult as the CM and the party high command are under pressure with over 60 BJP MLAs demanding expansion. A signature campaign demanding early cabinet expansion is going on under the leadership of Chikmagalur MLA CT Ravi.Yeddyurappa and his followers are now focusing on getting the maximum of the 11 cabinet berths that are to be filled. They also want to ensure that none of the ministers from their camp is dropped or removed from current portfolios.It is said that Gowda may drop a few ministers, including some from the Yeddyurappa camp. The CM may also reshuffle a few portfolios. Reports doing the rounds indicate that the party and RSS are supporting Gowda in this regard.The meeting was also held to express solidarity with Yeddyurappa ahead of the crucial Supreme Court verdict next week.It was also decided in the meeting to demand at least two out of the three Legislative Council seats that are to be
08:25 AM, May 07, 2012
BANGALORE: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and state BJP president K S Eshwarappa on Monday returned empty handed from Delhi with the party high command showing a red signal for Cabinet expansion till former chief minister B S Yeddyurappas fate is decided by the Supreme Court in the illegal mining case.According to sources, BJP national president Nitin Gadkari told Gowda not to hurry into expanding the Cabinet and asked...
09:04 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday added two more ministers to his cabinet, taking the total strength to 21. M. Ali, 60, of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), and Anup Jacob, 34, who became a legislator last month after stepping into the shoes of his father, Kerala Congress-Jacob's T.M. Jacob, were sworn in at the Raj Bhavan here. The two first time ministers were administered the oath...
11:04 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Male: New Maldivian President Mohammed Waheed Hassan expanded his cabinet on Sunday amid the ongoing crisis in the island nation. The expansion includes two key players from former dictator Gayoom's administration. The new President has inducted seven new ministers in his cabinet but the post of vice president has been kept empty as of now. The sources say that the key post may be given to Mohammed Nasheed's party, the...
07:14 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: Former president Mohammed Nasheed hit out at India in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN. Nasheed said he is disappointed with India's reaction to the mutiny in his country and hopes that it would change its course soon. Nasheed said that he was forced to step down at gunpoint. He further said that the speaker of the House should take over and have fresh elections in two months. Here...
11:45 AM, Feb 12, 2012
Male: Maldives new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan is set to conduct a major Cabinet expansion on Sunday, even as his deposed predecessor Mohammed Nasheed postponed his scheduled visit to his power centre Addu, where his supporters had alleged a violent crackdown. Government sources said a major Cabinet expansion will take place on Sunday as the new president makes efforts to establish a "national unity" government. Soon after taking over as...
10:20 AM, Feb 12, 2012
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Bangalore: The much-awaited expansion of DV Sadananda Gowda's Cabinet has been postponed yet again. The CM on Sunday confirmed that the expansion of his Cabinet will not take place till the Assembly elections to five states are over. "I need to discuss the issue with the party high-command. But I am unable to do so as they are busy with the elections to five states. Once they are free, I...
10:53 AM, Jan 16, 2012
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