The hurdles notwithstanding, Congress on Saturday managed to install a full-strength cabinet comprising 34 ministers. Multiple factors — including a reported power-sharing formula, camp politics, rivalries and caste combinations — seem to have played a role in the formation of chief minister Siddaramaiah’s cabinet. The hurdles notwithstanding, Congress on Saturday managed to install a full-strength cabinet comprising 34 ministers. Multiple factors — including a reported power-sharing formula, camp politics, rivalries and caste combinations — seem to have played a role in the formation of chief minister Siddaramaiah’s cabinet.
