Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday reallocated Information Technology and Biotechnology ministry to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank Kharge. Currently, Kharge holds Rural Development and Panchayat Raj ministry. He had handled the IT department in the previous Siddaramaiah government. The IT portfolio is considered an important portfolio as Bengaluru is the IT capital of India. 

The chief minister has also allocated Infrastructure Development and the Large and Medium Industries portfolios to MB Patil. Both IT and Infrastructure portfolios were with Siddaramaiah. With this re-allocation, Siddaramaiah now holds Finance, Cabinet Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence, Information, and all unallocated portfolios. 

The re-allocation of ministries comes two days after Siddaramaiah allocated portfolios to ministers in his Cabinet. Siddaramaiah took the oath of office with Shivakumar and eight ministers on May 20. He subsequently expanded the Cabinet to its full strength by inducting 24 new ministers last Saturday after rounds of discussions with the central leadership of Congress.