NEW DELHI: The
Congress and the JD(S) on Friday announced that they will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls together. The two parties also made official the power-sharing deal for their coalition government in
Karnataka.
"We (Congress-JDS) have come to a conclusion regarding cabinet expansion and portfolio allocation. JD(S) will be holding the finance portfolio. Everything is settled," Congress leader
KC Venugopal said at a press conference along with chief minister HD
Kumaraswamy.
The expansion of ministry will take place on June 6, Kumaraswamy said.
As per the deal, Congress has got 22 ministries including home, irrigation, health, agriculture and women & child welfare.
The JD(S), however, will handle 12 ministries, including finance & excise, PWD, education, tourism and transport.
The two parties held protracted negotiations not just on sharing of ministerial portfolios between the two partners but also on other dimensions — setting up a coordination committee, common minimum programme and stability of the Kumaraswamy government.
Here is the list of portfolio division between the two parties:
Congress leader KC Venugopal (L) and Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy at a press conference to announce... Read More