Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar expanded his cabinet to 33 ministers, inducting 19 MLAs, including 8 first-timers and 7 from the previous Siddaramaiah cabinet. Notably, no Brahmin or woman was inducted, and several senior leaders were left out, triggering discontent and resignations.
Karnataka's Congress government expanded its cabinet, inducting 19 MLAs as ministers. The appointments balance regional representation, caste equations, and political experience, bringing in both former ministers and new faces from across the state.
The Karnataka government is set to induct twenty new ministers in a major cabinet expansion, with the swearing-in ceremony expected on Monday at 4 pm. G S Patil has been chosen as the new speaker and A S Ponnanna as deputy speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
DK Shivakumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday, along with 13 other Congress MLAs and leaders as ministers. G Parameshwara took oath as deputy chief minister. The new cabinet includes Priyank Kharge and Yathindra Siddaramaiah.
Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi met with Karnataka CM-designate DK Shivakumar and caretaker CM Siddaramaiah to finalize the new state cabinet and Rajya Sabha nominations. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday.
Congress leaders D K Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah met in New Delhi to finalize the Karnataka cabinet, with 10-20 ministers expected in the first phase. Key appointments and deputy chief minister posts are points of discussion, alongside community-specific demands for representation.
