'Reflects suppression of communities': Siddaramaiah slams Yediyurappa's cabinet expansion

Former Karnataka CM and Congress leader Siddaramaiah has hit out at the BJP over the cabinet expansion of the state government. In a series of tweets, Siddaramaiah targeted CM BS Yediyurappa and the state government. He said that the cabinet expansion of Yediyurappa government reflects in the suppression of marginalised sections.

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He further said there is zero hope with the current BJP government and pathetic governance will continue.

He accused BJP of not believing in democracy and claimed that this will be reflected in the upcoming budget as well.

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Hitting out at Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, he added that Yediyurappa & BJP have said 'eating beef is the achievement of the leader of Mysuru. But I have never consumed the beef.' 

Karnataka Cabinet Expansion, 7 Ministers Sworn-in 

On Wednesday, the 17-month-old cabinet in Karnataka was expanded with the induction of seven Ministers. Governor Vajubhai Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Ministers at a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. The new Ministers are MLAs Umesh Katti (Hukkeri), S Angara (Sullia), Murugesh Nirani (Bilgi) and Arvind Limbavali (Mahadevapura), and MLCs R Shankar, M T B Nagaraj and C P Yogeshwar.

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Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, his cabinet colleagues, BJP leaders and office-bearers, including General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Arun Singh, state unit President Nalin Kumar Kateel, senior state government officials, family members and supporters of the new Ministers, among others, were present.

This is the third expansion of the cabinet since Yediyurappa assumed charge in July 2019 after the collapse of the Congress-JDS government in the wake of a revolt by 17 MLAs of the coalition partners. 

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(With ANI Inputs)