BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday fulfilled his promise of rewarding turncoats by inducting 10 of them to his cabinet in return to their 'sacrifice' that ensured the fall of Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition government and paved way for the BJP regime.However, the reward is seen only as partial as the chief minister chose to accommodate only 10 out of 11 disqualified MLAs from Congress and JD(S), who were re-elected in the December bypolls while two defeated defectors are kept in wait mode.The ten new ministers who sworn-in are - Ramesh Jarkiholi (Gokak), ST Somashekhar (Yeshwantpur), Anand Singh (Vijayanagara), K Sudhakar (Chikkaballapur), Byrathi Basavaraj (KR Puram), A Shivaram Hebbar (Yallapur), BC Patil (Hirekerur), K Gopalaiah (Mahalakshmi Layout), KC Narayana Gowda (KR Pete), and Srimant B Patil (Kagwada).Governor Vajubahi Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy on them at a customary ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan in presence of the chief minister and senior BJP functionaries.The next act of the ongoing drama about the cabinet expansion is obviously about portfolio allocation even as the new ministers have started hectic lobbying for plum ministries, and Yediyurappa said he would do it in a couple of days."The portfolio allocation would be finalised by Saturday. Office rooms have already been allotted to them at Vidhana Soudha. I am also planning to visit New Delhi in the interim to meet the party high command," Yediyurappa told reporters.It was conspicuous that Mahesh Kumatahlli, who was re-elected from Athani assembly seat, was left out while Yediyurappa could not take in two defeated candidates MTB Nagaraju and AH Viswanath for a technical reason as they are still disqualified, legislators.In all, 17 MLAs – 14 from Congress and three from JD(S)- resigned in July last year because of which the coalition government was reduced to a minority. While all of them joined BJP after the Supreme Court upheld their disqualification but allowed them to contest the bypolls, 14 legislators were given BJP ticket.What has added to the discomfiture is that the lone defector Kumatahalli, who missed out on ministerial berth happens to be from the Panchamasali sub-sect of Lingayat, whose representatives are feeling snubbed in BJP with only one (CC Patil) out of 13 MLAs from the sect has been made a minister."Naturally I feel bad when all except me were taken in. It is for the chief minister to answer why he took this decision. I am not in a position to talk about this,” said Kumatahalli, who stayed away from the swearing-in ceremony.In an indication of the dissent brewing, several seniors including Murugesh Nirani, Tippa Reddy, Gulihatti Shekhar did not turn up. Umesh Katti and CP Yogeswar, whose names were prominently figured among the BJP old guard as probable candidates for cabinet, were among the absentees.The chief minister earlier was expected take in three BJP loyalists along with 10 migrants, but went with only defectors owing to dissidence within the party.“The CM may have thought he could quell the dissent by adopting what is called the ‘10+0’ formula. But, the rebellion is on and many disgruntled leaders have already started meeting separate groups,” said a senior BJP functionary, pointing at Umesh Katti was incommunicado and not reachable even for the CM.Anticipating the trouble, Yediyurappa has kept six berths in his cabinet vacant and the vacancies may serve a carrot to dangle in front of the ministerial aspirants and keep them calm.With ten new ministers coming in, the size of Yediyurappa cabinet went up to 28 members and sources said he may push the next round of cabinet expansion till June when MLC elections are due and drop a handful of ministers, by that time, to make a place for more aspirants.Another aspect of discontent is about the regional imbalance in the cabinet. Three main regions including Kalyana Karnataka, Central Karnataka and coastal area are seen to be deprived of proper representation.“It is clear that the Kalayana Karnataka is among other regions that get a raw deal. We have already appealed to the CM to do justice. I hope he will fulfil his promise given to us in the nest round of cabinet expansion,” said Shorpur MLA Narasimha Nayak (Raju Gowda), who had raised the banner of revolt earlier this week especially to oppose the inclusion of Yogeswar into the cabinet.