Priyank Kharge is now Karnataka IT & BT Minister, M B Patil given additional charge of Infra Development
PTI, May 31, 2023, 8:53 PM IST
Bengaluru: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge will once again be in-charge of IT & BT department in the State, with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday affecting a minor re-allocation of portfolios to his Cabinet.
Kharge will take care of IT & BT along with existing portfolio, while Large & Medium Industries Minister M B Patil has been given the additional charge of Infrastructure Development.
The Chief Minister has divested himself of both these portfolios.
According to sources, initially, Patil was given the IT & BT portfolio along with Industries. However, in a subsequent revision the department went to Kharge along with Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. With Patil keen on IT & BT, apparently opposing this move, Siddarmaiah had kept the portfolio with himself.
Kharge was Minister for IT & BT in the earlier Siddaramaiah-led Congress government.
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