Congress' coalition partner JD(S) will not be part of this round of Cabinet expansion
Kharge's remark came hours after Kumaraswamy said that he was not happy while heading a coalition government, and was swallowing the pain of it
The Chief Minister said he would not waste his time and immerse himself in work as it was important that the state progresses in all spheres.
The JD-S leader said his government is for the people and he will serve the people till the time he is the chief minister
But it is not an issue that will pull down the government, said Kumaraswamy
Grappling with the political turmoil, Kumaraswamy rejected a charge by the saffron party that he was trying to poach their lawmakers
Calling Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy an "Accidental CM", the opposition BJP has taken a jibe at him over his Singapore visit to celebrate the new year, at a time when most parts of the state are reeling under drought. "After new govt was formed 377 farmers have ended their lives 156 talukas declared drought-hit, loan waiver has still not been done, Karnataka has slipped to a debt ridden state & here we have the so called son of soil CM @hd_kumaraswamy celebrating new year in Singapore (sic)," the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said in a tweet. "If there was a movie titled #AccidentalCM who will play the role of @hd_kumaraswamy?," it said in another tweet. Kumaraswamy would go abroad with family Saturday night on a personal visit and return on the night of January 1, 2019, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in a statement on Friday. According to CMO officials, it has been a practice for the Janata Dal (Secular) leader to celebrate the new year ...
State chief minister H D Kumaraswamy writes to PM Modi citing pile of inventory due to poor response to mandatory e-auction of these items of raw material
State BJP President and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, B S Yeddyurappa, has demanded that Kumaraswamy apologise to the people of the state
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda were consulted before deciding the date
Kumaraswamy is also among the top five ministers with highest declared assets and income, with total assets worth over Rs 1.6 billion
Having bestowed Narendra Modi on India, the almighty tried to compensate for it by receiving Kumaraswamy in nine temples in four days
With today's expansion, the strength of the ministry has gone up to 27, leaving seven more vacancies to be filled
While speaking about it I got emotional as I felt that people still don't have faith in me, says Kumaraswamy
H D Kumaraswamy was on Wednesday sworn in as the Karnataka chief minister
At present, the states are entitled to get compensation for the first five years since the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2017, that is till 2022
After days of high-political drama in the state, the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) had come together and managed to form the government in Karnataka
The political uncertainty before the new government is expected to linger, at least until the next cabinet expansion
The biggest challenge for the coalition government and especially for Kumaraswamy, who has kept the finance portfolio, is expected to be farm loan waiver