Full List of Ministers: Karnataka Cabinet Expansion:- JDS Chief HD Kumaraswamy took oath as the 25th Chief Minister recently. He formed the government along with the support of Congress. However the Cabinet Expansion didnot take place as there was no clarity on the division of the number. The Cabineet Expansion took place today in Raj Bhavan and as expected 14 Congress MLAs took oath as Ministers. DK Shivakumar, KJ George, Priyank Khare, RV Deshpande, HK Patil and Shivashankara Reddy are the prominent among them.
Congress got Home, Irrigation, Bengaluru City Development, Industries, Health, Revenue, Urban Development, Rural Development, Agriculture, Medical Education, Housing, Labour, Women & Child Welfare, Forest & Environment, Mines & Geology, Social Welfare, Food & Civil Supplies, Law & Parliamentary Affairs, IT, BT and Science & Technology, Kannada Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs, Haj & Wakf and Minority Affairs, and Ports & Inland Transport Development departments.
Besides Finance, JDS got Excise, Information, Intelligence, General Administration, Planning & Statistics, Public Works Department (PWD), Power, Cooperation, Tourism, General Education, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries, Horticulture & Sericulture, Small-Scale Industries, Transport and Minor Irrigation. Here is the complete list of Ministers who took oath:
Serial No | Candidate Name | Party |
1 | D.K.Shivakumar | INC |
2 | R.V.Deshpande | INC |
3 | H.K.Patil | INC |
4 | Shamanuru Shivashankarppa | INC |
5 | K.J.George | INC |
6 | Krishna Byre Gowda | INC |
7 | Rajshekar Patil | INC |
8 | Shivanand Patil | INC |
9 | Priyanka Kharge | INC |
10 | U.T.Khadar | INC |
11 | Zamir Ahmed Khan | INC |
12 | Puttaranga Shetty | INC |
13 | Shivashankara Reddy | INC |
14 | Jayamala | INC |
15 | Shankar | KPJP |
16 | H D Revanna | JD(S) |
17 | GT Devegowda | JD(S) |
18 | Bandappa Kadhmpur | JD(S) |
19 | C S Puttaraju | JD(S) |
20 | H K Kumaraswamy | JD(S) |
21 | SA RA Mahesh | JD(S) |
22 | N Mahesh | JD(S) |
23 | Venkatrao Nadagowda | JD(S) |
(Video Source: NTV Telugu)