Hubballi, June 7 -- Congress MLA Abbayya Prasad on Sunday said that she is hopeful of being chosen for a ministerial post, adding that he expects to be included in the second list of cabinet ministers.

"I am a candidate for the post of minister. In the first list of ministers, the senior leaders have been accommodated. I am expecting my name to be included in the second list," Prasad told reporters.

Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, in the first batch expansion, allocated portfolios among 13 ministers in his Cabinet with immediate effect, while retaining key departments including Finance, Cabinet Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence, and all unallocated portfolios.

The allocation was issued th...