To satisfy legislators who have missed ministerial berth, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday appointed 10 Congress legislators as parliamentary secretaries.
The newly appointed parliamentary secretaries are Makbul S. Bagwan (Vijayapura City constituency), Raju Alagur (Nagathan), Umesh G. Jadhav (Chincholi), Doddamani Ramakrishna Siddalingappa (Shirahatti), Channabasappa Satyappa Shivalli (Kundagol), Shakuntala Shetty (Puttur), C. Puttarangashetty (Chamarajanagar), H.P. Manjunath (Hunsur), and E. Thukaram (Sandur) (all MLAs) and K. Govindaraj, MLC.
Parliamentary secretaries would be entitled to such salaries and allowances as are admissible to a Minister of State rank under the Karnataka Minister’s Salaries and Allowances Act of 1963.
Parliamentary secretaries would assist the Chief Minister in the implementation of works and expediting works.
