Karnataka Cabinet Expansion: Full list of 34 ministers who were inducted into Siddaramaiah’s Cabinet

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

1. 1. Siddaramaiah (Kuruba)- Finance, Cabinet Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence, Information, IT & BT, Infrastructure Development and all unallocated portfolios.
   2. DK Shivakumar (Vokkaliga)- Major and Medium Irrigation, Bengaluru City Development including BBMP, BDA, BWSSB, BMRDA, BMRCL (Connected to these authorities related to Town Planning)
   3. HK Patil (Namdhari Reddy)- Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Legislation, Tourism
   4. Krishna Byregowda (Vokkaliga)- Revenue (excluding Muzrai)
   5. N Cheulvarayaswamy (Vokkaliga)- Agriculture
   6. K Venkatesh (Vokkaliga)- Animal Husbandry and Sericulture
   7. Dr H C Mahadevappa (SC)- Social Welfare
   8. Eshwar Khandre (Lingayat)- Forest, Ecology and Environment
   9. Kyathasandra N Rajanna (ST)- Co-operation excluding Agriculture Marketing
   10. Dinesh Gundu Rao (Brahmin)- Health and Family Welfare
   11. Sharanabasappa Darshanapur (Lingayat)- Small Scale Industries, Public Enterprises
   12. Shivanand Patil (Lingayat)- Textiles, Sugarcane Development and Directorate of Sugar, Agricultural Marketing from Cooperation Department
   13. Tinnapur Ramappa Balappa (SC)- Excise
   14. SS Mallikarjun (Lingayat)- Mines and Geology, Horticulture
   15. Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa (SC)- Backward Class, Kannada and Culture
   16. Dr Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil (Lingayat)- Medical Education and Skill Development
   17. Mankal Vaidya (OBC)- Fisheries and Ports, Inland Transport
   18. Lakshmi Hebbalkar (Lingayat)- Women and Child Development, Disabled and Senior-Citizens Empowerment
   19. Rahim Khan (Muslim)- Municipal Administration, Haj
   20. D. Sudhakar (OBC/Jain)- Planning and Statistics
   21. Santosh S Lad (OBC)- Labour
   22. NS Boseraju (OBC)- Minor Irrigation, Science and Technology
   23. Suresha BS (OBC)- Urban Development and Town Planning (including KUWSDB and KUIDFC), excluding Bangalore City Development
   24. Madhu Bangarappa- Primary and Secondary Education
   25. Dr MC Sudhakar (Vokkaliga)- Higher Education
   26. B Nagendra (SC/ST)- Youth Services, Sports, and ST Welfare
   27. G Parameshwara (SC)- Home (excluding Intelligence)
   28. K H Muniyappa (SC)- Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs
   29. K J George (Minority-Christian)- Energy
   30. M B Patil (Lingayat)- Large & Medium Industries
   31. Satish Jarkiholi (ST-Valmiki)- Public Works
   32. Priyank Kharge (SC and AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge’s son)- Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
   33. Ramalinga Reddy (Reddy)- Transport and Muzrai
   34. B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan (Minority-Muslim)- Housing, Wakf and Minority Welfare

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