BENGALURU: Weeks after allocating portfolios to the cabinet ministers, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has given charge of the different districts them on Friday.
Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has been appointed as district-in-charge minister of Bengaluru Urban, while K H Muniyappa will be in charge of Bengaluru Rural. Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara has been given the charge of Tumakuru district and Law minister H K Patil will be in charge of Gadag district.
Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy has been given charge of Ramanagara, while Energy Minister K J George has been appointed as the district in-charge minister of Chikkamagaluru. Large and Medium Industries Minister M B Patil gets the responsibility of Vijayapura district while Health Minister Dinesh Gundurao and Women and Child Development Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar have been given charge of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, respectively.
Social Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa will take charge of Mysuru district while Public Works Minister Satish Jarkholi will be in charge of Belagavi. Rural Development and IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge has been given charge of Belagavi, Housing, Wakf and Minority Welfare Minister B Z Zameer Ahmad Khan gets charge of Vijayanagar, while Yadagir will be over seen by Small Scale Industries Minister Sharana Basappa Darshanapur and Bidar Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre.
Agriculture Minister N Cheluvanarayana Swamy has been given the responsibility of Mandya and Horticulture and Mines and Geology Minister S S Mallikarjun has been given charge of Davanagere. Labour Minister Santosh S Lad has been appointed as in-charge minister for Dharwad.
Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil will be in charge of Raichur district and Excise Minister R B Timmapur has been given the responsibility of Bagalkot. Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh has been appointed as in-charge minister of Chamarajanagar while Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa has been given charge of Koppal.
Chitradurga will be overseen by Planning and Statistics Minister D Sudhakar, Ballari by Youth Services, Sports and ST Welfare Minister B Nagendra while Co-operation Minister K N Rajanna will look after Hassan and Urban Development Minister B S Suresh will take the responsibility of Kolar.
Uttara Kannada will be overseen by Fisheries and Ports Minister Mankal Vaidya, Primary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa has appointed as in-charge of Shivamogga, Dr M C Sudhakar for Chikkaballapur and S N Boseraju for Kodagu district.