Bangalore: In a reshuffle of portfolios by the state CM, Dr. V.S Acharya who lost the Muzrai portfolio to Palemar, gets back the charge from him, as additional responsibility. The HRE portfolio is sensitive one and can only be handled by Brahmins and Dr. Acharya fills the bill.
Palemar who was a Fisheries Minister earlier and lost it to Anand Asnotikar, who stands disqualified at present, gets back Fisheries while losing Muzrai to the ex-home Minister. Dr. V.S. Acharya, who is basically High Education Minister, who was involved in a controversy with the state Governor recently in the matter of selecting Vice Chancellors to various Universities within Karnataka legally, as its governor.
10 Ministers have been given additional portfolios as a measure of confidence reposed in them by the CM. Bellary’s Gali Janardhana Reddy is one of these ten, who has tourism and now, youth services additionally.