Saturday, August 6 2005 16:13 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Bangalore: Revenue Minister M P Prakash was today (Aug 6, 2005) appointed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister in place of Janata Dal Secular(JDS) rebel Siddaramaiah who was sacked yesterday as an upshot of his soured relations with party supremo H D Devegowda.

Prakash continues to hold charge of Revenue and Muzrai departments, a notification issued after the Governor T N Chaturvedi accepted the chief minister's recommendation, said.

Chief Minister N Dharam Singh, on whose recommendation Prakash was appointed as his deputy, has not allocated the Finance and Excise portfolios held by Siddaramaiah.

Similarly, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Textiles portfolios, held by H C Mahadevappa and Satish Jarkhiholi, who were also dismissed along with Siddaramaiah, have remained unallocated.

JDS had asked Singh to sack Siddaramaiah and his supporters Mahadevappa and Jarkhiholi.