BENGALURU: Many senior Congress leaders and former ministers including Lingayat strongman MB Patil, Roshan Baig and Satish Jarkiholi are said to have failed to find a place in the HD Kumaraswamy led Congress-JDS ministry being expanded later in the afternoon today.
The following list of candidates is said to have been forwarded to Raj Bhavan for induction in the ministry. Congressmen DK Shivakumar, Krishna Byre Gowda, HK Patil, KJ George, Jayamala, Shankar, RV Deshpande, Priyank Kharge, UT Khader, Shivanand Patil, Ramesh Jarkiholi, Puttaranga Shetty, Venkataramanappa, Shivashakar Reddy. No berth has been made for Ramalinga Reddy, MB Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Roshan Baig.
In JDS HD Revanna, GT Deve Gowda, Bandeppa Kashempur, N Mahesh, Venkat Rao Nadagouda, CS Puttaraju, Sa Ra Mahesh, HK Kumaraswamy are most likely to be made ministers.