# S. R. Bommai ministry

S. R. Bommai ministry was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka, a state in South India headed by S. R. Bommai of the Janata Party.
The ministry had multiple ministers including the Chief Minister. All ministers belonged to the JP.
After Ramakrishna Hegde quit on moral grounds, Mr. Bommai took charge as Chief Minister of the State on 13 August 1988 and his government was dismissed by the then Governor, P. Venkatasubbaiah, on 21 April 1989. The dismissal was on the grounds that his government had lost its majority following large-scale defections engineered by several Janata Party leaders of the day. Bommai had sought some time from the Governor to prove his majority on the floor of the Legislature and he was denied this. He challenged this order in the Supreme Court.
S. R. Bommai v. Union of India was a landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India, where the Court discussed at length, the provisions of Article 356 of the Constitution of India and related issues. The apex court spelt out restrictions on the centre's power to dismiss a state government under Article 356. This case had huge impact on Centre-State Relations. Instances of imposition of President's rule have reduced after this judgement.

## Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers

| S.No | Portfolio | Minister | Constituency | Term of Office | Term of Office | Party |
| 1. | Chief Minister *Other departments not allocated to any Minister. | S. R. Bommai | Hubli Rural | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 2. | Animal husbandry. | Krishna | Krishnarajpete | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 3. | Sericulture. | Krishna | Krishnarajpete | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 4. | . | J. H. Patel | Channagiri | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 5. | Public Works. | H. D. Deve Gowda | Holenarsipur | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 6. | Irrigation. | H. D. Deve Gowda | Holenarsipur | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 7. | . | B. Rachaiah | Santhemarahalli | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 8. | Rural development Panchayat Raj | Abdul Nazir Sab | MLC | 13 August 1988 | 24 October 1988 | JP |
| 8. | Rural development Panchayat Raj | M. P. Prakash | Hoovina Hadagali | 25 October 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 9. | Health family welfare | Jagadevarao Deshmukh | Muddebihal | 15 March 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 10. | . | Lakshminarasimhaiah | Tumkur | 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 11. | . | Siddaramaiah | Chamundeshwari | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 12. | . | M. Chandrashekar | Jayanagar | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 13. | . | A. Lakshmisagar | Chickpet | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 14. | Information Tourism | M. P. Prakash | Hoovina Hadagali | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 15. | . | P. G. R. Sindhia | Kanakapura | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 16. | . | R. V. Deshpande | Haliyal | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 17. | . | Ramesh Jigajinagi | Ballolli | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 18. | . | Vishwanath Reddy Mudnal | Yadgir | 13 March 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 19. | . | H. G. Govinde Gowda | Sringeri | 13 March 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 20. | . | K. M. Krishna Reddy | Chintamani | 13 March 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 21. | . | C. Veeranna | Koratagere | 13 March 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 22. | . | M. Raghupathy | Malleshwaram | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 23. | . | H. Ekanthaiah | Chitradurga | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 24. | . | K. B. Mallappa | Arkalgud | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 25. | . | B. Basavaiah | Kollegal | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |

## Minister of State

| S.No | Portfolio | Minister | Constituency | Term of Office | Term of Office | Party |
| 1 | . | R. Roshan Baig | Shivajinagar | 13 March 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 2 | . | A. Pushpavathi | Devadurga | 13 March 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 3 | . | Leeladevi R. Prasad | Athani | 13 March 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 4 | . | B. B. Ningaiah | Mudigere | 13 March 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 5 | . | M.C. Nanaiah | MLC | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 6 | . | B. R. Yavagal | Nargund | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 7 | . | H. G. Channappa | Magadi | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 8 | . | B. D. Basavaraju | Sakleshpur | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 9 | . | Virupakshappa Agadi | Koppal | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 10 | . | Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli | Aurad | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 11 | . | R. M. Patil | Arabhavi | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 12 | . | K. Amarnath Shetty | Moodabidri | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |
| 13 | . | K. S. Beelagi | Byadgi | 15 April 1989 | 21 April 1989 | JP |