Karnataka Cabinet Expansion: Full list of 34 ministers who were inducted into Siddaramaiah’s Cabinet
Karnataka Government Formation: MLAs H K Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, H C Mahadevappa, Congress working president Eshwar Khandre and former state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao are among those who be inducted into the Cabinet.
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On May 20, veteran Congress leader Siddaramaiah, and KPCC president D K Shivakumar were sworn in as the next Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka. (PTI Photo) A total of 32 ministers along with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar have been sworn in to the Karnataka Cabinet. While eight of them took oath in along with the CM and deputy CM on May 20, the 24 other ministers were sworn in on May 27.
The names of the 24 ministers were finalised after a week-long tussle between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, that saw the duo fly down to Delhi to consult with the Congress leadership.
The list of ministers consists of eight Lingayats, including sole woman minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar; seven from Scheduled Caste (SC) communities; five Vokkaligas; two Muslims; three from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities; six from Other Backward Classes (OBC) groups, including one Maratha; one Brahmin, one Christian, and one Jain.
🔴 Here is a full list of legislators who have been inducted into the Cabinet, along with their portfolios
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- Siddaramaiah (Kuruba)- Finance, Cabinet Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence, Information, IT & BT, Infrastructure Development and all unallocated portfolios.
- DK Shivakumar (Vokkaliga)- Major and Medium Irrigation, Bengaluru City Development including BBMP, BDA, BWSSB, BMRDA, BMRCL (Connected to these authorities related to Town Planning)
- HK Patil (Namdhari Reddy)- Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Legislation, Tourism
- Krishna Byregowda (Vokkaliga)- Revenue (excluding Muzrai)
- N Cheulvarayaswamy (Vokkaliga)- Agriculture
- K Venkatesh (Vokkaliga)- Animal Husbandry and Sericulture
- Dr H C Mahadevappa (SC)- Social Welfare
- Eshwar Khandre (Lingayat)- Forest, Ecology and Environment
- Kyathasandra N Rajanna (ST)- Co-operation excluding Agriculture Marketing
- Dinesh Gundu Rao (Brahmin)- Health and Family Welfare
- Sharanabasappa Darshanapur (Lingayat)- Small Scale Industries, Public Enterprises
- Shivanand Patil (Lingayat)- Textiles, Sugarcane Development and Directorate of Sugar, Agricultural Marketing from Cooperation Department
- Tinnapur Ramappa Balappa (SC)- Excise
- SS Mallikarjun (Lingayat)- Mines and Geology, Horticulture
- Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa (SC)- Backward Class, Kannada and Culture
- Dr Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil (Lingayat)- Medical Education and Skill Development
- Mankal Vaidya (OBC)- Fisheries and Ports, Inland Transport
- Lakshmi Hebbalkar (Lingayat)- Women and Child Development, Disabled and Senior-Citizens Empowerment
- Rahim Khan (Muslim)- Municipal Administration, Haj
- D. Sudhakar (OBC/Jain)- Planning and Statistics
- Santosh S Lad (OBC)- Labour
- NS Boseraju (OBC)- Minor Irrigation, Science and Technology
- Suresha BS (OBC)- Urban Development and Town Planning (including KUWSDB and KUIDFC), excluding Bangalore City Development
- Madhu Bangarappa- Primary and Secondary Education
- Dr MC Sudhakar (Vokkaliga)- Higher Education
- B Nagendra (SC/ST)- Youth Services, Sports, and ST Welfare
- G Parameshwara (SC)- Home (excluding Intelligence)
- K H Muniyappa (SC)- Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs
- K J George (Minority-Christian)- Energy
- M B Patil (Lingayat)- Large & Medium Industries
- Satish Jarkiholi (ST-Valmiki)- Public Works
- Priyank Kharge (SC and AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge’s son)- Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
- Ramalinga Reddy (Reddy)- Transport and Muzrai
- B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan (Minority-Muslim)- Housing, Wakf and Minority Welfare
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