Amid intense lobbying from ministerial aspirants and resentment among members of his Cabinet for dropping them from the ministry, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today dropped three ministers and decided to expand his 28-month-old ministry by inducting six members here tomorrow.
Governor H R Bhardwaj had accepted the recommendation of Yeddyurappa to drop Sports Minister Gulihatti D Shekar, Minister for Adult Education Shivana Gouda Naik and Minister for Higher Education Aravinda Limbavali, a Raj Bhavan communique said.
According to sources in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, though the list of names to be inducted is yet to be finalised by the chief minister, former ministers V Somanna and Shobha Karandlaje are likely to be included.
The swearing-in of new ministers has been scheduled at 9.30 am in the Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.
