Portfolios to 19 newly sworn-in Karnataka Ministers likely to be allocated on August 10

With the Monsoon Session of the legislature set to begin on August 13, the Congress government is likely to allocate portfolios to the 19 newly sworn-in Ministers on Monday.While the new Ministers were sworn in amid confusion, revolt, and last-minute additions and deletions last Monday, the discussion on portfolio allocation is still under way with several Ministers asking for plum ones.Party sources said that portfolio allocation has become difficult owing to insistence by the Ministers on getting portfolios of their choice. “Among the unhappy Ministers is Food and Civil Supplies Minister K.H. Muniyappa, who belongs to the Dalit Left. He is adamant about getting Social Welfare Department. There is always a push and pull for the department between the Dalit Left and the Dalit Right groups,