K’taka CM announces ministerial berth to Muniratna during poll campaign

Bengaluru, Nov 1 : Karnataka Chief Minister, B. S. Yediyurappa assured the Rajajeshwari Nagara voters that BJP candidate, N. Muniratna wil be made minister if he wins by-polls on November 3.
Speaking to reporters ahead of his poll rally in RR Nagara constituency here on Saturday, Yediyurappa said that there should not be any doubts on Muniratna becoming minister in his cabinet. “He will be made minister soon after his victory in this bypolls,” he said in response to a question.
He conceded that the exercise had been put on hold for quite some time now due to various reasons but it will be completed son, “I will go Delhi once bypoll results are announced and meet our party senior leaders to discuss it,” he said.
Asked about his announcement at the road show that Munirathna would be made minister, the CM asserted that he made such an assurance as he was 100 per cent confident of his victory.
Earlier addressing a road show, Yediyurappa had appealed to voters to elect Munirathna by at least a 50,000 vote margin and allow him to be the minister in his cabinet.