Chief minister Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday appointed chairpersons to 16 state-run boards and corporations.
The move that came just ahead of Assembly polls is being viewed as an effort by the BJP to stop its workers from joining former CM B S Yeddyurappa’s KJP.
This was evident from the fact that all the 16 nominees are from the party cadre.
The chairpersons of the boards and corporations are- Ranga Baddi (New Government Electrical Factory, Hubli), Umesh Bantavadakar (Karnataka State Khadi and Village Industries Development Board), Rajashekhar Sheelavantar (Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation), Padmakar Patil (Karnataka State Small Industries Development Corporation), MS Karigoudra (North-West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation), Shivanand Kallur (North-east Karnataka Road Transport Corporation), Mahantagouda Patil (Hyderabad-Karnataka Development Board, Gulbarga), Trivikram Joshi (Dr DM Nanjundappa Report Implementation Committee), GM Suresh (Karnataka Sports Authority, Bangalore), Ashok Gasti (Devraj Urs Backward Classes Development Corporation), Dr NF Mohsin (Karnataka Minority Development Corporation), Shanmukh Gurikar (Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Corporation), Prakash Khandre (Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Corporation), Adivesh Itagi (Malaprabha and Ghataprabha Projects), Girigouda (Tungabharda Command Area Development Authority) and Girish Patil (Bhadra Command Area Development Authority, Shimoga).