Karnataka Congress MLA Rudrappa Lamani’s supporters protest demanding ministerial publish for him

Ahead of the swearing-in-ceremony in Karnataka on Saturday, the supporters of Congress chief Rudrappa Lamani staged a dharna (protest) outside Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office. The supporters of Lamani, who represents the Banjara neighborhood, protested by elevating slogans in opposition to the Siddaramaiah authorities for not giving their chief a ministerial publish throughout the cabinet.

The Congress workers have been miffed that not even one minister representing their neighborhood found a spot throughout the cabinet, no matter Chief Minister Siddaramaiah guaranteeing a caste and region-wise illustration in his cabinet.

#WATCH | Karnataka Congress chief Rudrappa Lamani’s supporters stage protest outside Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office demanding ministerial publish for the chief. pic.twitter.com/cavfCc2CYb

— ANI (@ANI) May 27, 2023

Per week after taking on, the Congress authorities led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah carried out a cabinet development prepare by inducting 24 legislators on the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru on Saturday. However, the report of inducted ministers did not embrace Congress MLA Rudrappa Lamani.

Rudrappa Manappa Lamani, who represents the Banjara neighborhood throughout the state had gained the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections from Haveri constituency.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had ensured caste and region-wise illustration in his cabinet, nonetheless when Rudrappa Lamani, who represents the Banjara neighborhood throughout the state, did not uncover a spot in his cabinet, his supporters expressed disappointment and staged a protest outside the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office.

Expressing displeasure over Congress’ report of leaders who is perhaps sworn in as Ministers, considered one of many supporters of Lamani mentioned, “Our Banjara community leader Rudrappa Lamani’s name was there on the list till last night, but today we saw that his name was not there on the list. If our leader will not get the ministerial post, we will protest against this because we gave our 75% vote to Congress in the election, so there should be at least one leader from our community.”

“Our banjara neighborhood chief Rudrappa Lamani’s title was there on the report till ultimate night, nonetheless proper now we observed that his title was not there on the report. If our chief shouldn’t be going to get the Ministerial publish, we’ll protest in opposition to this on account of we gave our 75 % vote to Congress throughout the… pic.twitter.com/d981vabEP4

— ANI (@ANI) May 27, 2023

Notably, three days prior to now, supporters of Congress MLA D Sudhakar held a protest on Wednesday outside Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s residence proper right here demanding a ministerial publish for him. However, he was later given a ministerial publish.

Karnataka cabinet development, 24 Congress MLAs take oath

On May 26, the Congress event in Karnataka launched an inventory of 24 legislators who will take over as ministers on Saturday (May 27). The Karnataka authorities can have 34 ministers. Ten of them, along with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar, have been sworn in on May 20. The rest 24 legislators might be sworn in proper now (Saturday, May 27).

According to critiques, Siddharamiah arrived throughout the nationwide capital on May 24 to debate Cabinet development with event administration. On May 26, the Karnataka CM arrived at 10 Janpath in Delhi on May 26 to fulfill Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi. This was the first time Siddaramaiah met Sonia Gandhi after he took oath as Karnataka CM. He met Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to debate Cabinet development.

After quite a lot of rounds of dialogue with the event’s prime administration, along with AICC regular secretaries Ok C Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala, the names of the 24 MLAs have been decided. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former event chief Rahul Gandhi gave the final word nod to the report. Reports advocate that some variations between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar had emerged over names of attainable ministers nonetheless it was in the end sorted out by the course of discussions.

MLAs H Ok Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, Ok Venkatesh, H C Mahadevappa, Congress working president Eshwar Khandre and former state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao are amongst these that may take oath on Saturday noon.

Others on the report are Kyathasandra N Rajanna, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, Ramappa Balappa Timmapur, S S Mallikarjun, Shivaraj Sangappa Tangadagi, Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil, Mankal Vaidya, Laxmi Hebbalkar, Rahim Khan, D Sudhakar, Santosh Lad, N S Boseraju, Suresha B S, Madhu Bangarappa, M C Sudhakar and B Nagendra.

Amongst these which were named few ministers significantly Lakshmi Hebbalkar, Madhu Bangarappa, D Sudhakar, Cheluvaraya Swami, Mankul Vaidya and M C Sudhakar are reported to be very close to Deputy CM Shivakumar.

As per the report launched, 9 SC/STs, eight Lingayats, 5 Vokkaligas, one Muslim, one Christian, one Jain and one Brahmin chief have found places throughout the cabinet, which is why, now the supporters of the Banjara neighborhood have started protesting questioning the Congress authorities why their guide did not uncover a spot throughout the cabinet.