Bengaluru sources have stated two times MLA M. Krishnappa was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in the Siddaramaiah government during a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan on Monday and the Governor Vajubhai Vala has administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Krishnappa.
Meanwhile Mr. Krishnappa, a science graduate (B.Sc) from Bangalore University, has failed to make it to the Ministry at the last minute during the last Cabinet reshuffle which occurred on June 19th, 2016, where in 13 Ministers were inducted in the three year old Siddaramaiah government.
It is added that for denying a ministerial berth, supporters of the MLA has stormed into Vijayanagar metro station and has created a ruckus and the ruling party councilors of Vijayanagar and Govindrajnagar wards have threatened to resign if the Chief Minister did not give ministerial berth to Mr. Krishnappa.
Presently there is only one vacancy in the 34 member Council of Ministry and the vacancy has occurred after K.J. George resigned after a court in Madikeri ordered Police to file an FIR against him in connection with the alleged suicide of Deputy Superintendent of police MK Ganapathy.
