Karnataka cabinet swearing-in highlights: Ceremony ends, 24 ministers inducted in the ministry
24 MLAs are being inducted into CM Siddaramaiah's cabinet in Bengaluru's Raj Bhavan as the oath-taking ceremony is underway. Follow for the latest updates.
Karnataka cabinet ministers swearing-in ceremony Highlights: A week after chief minister Siddaramaiah, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar and eight other ministers took oath of office, 24 new ministers were inducted into the cabinet. The Congress announced names of the 24 legislators late on Friday.
This cabinet expansion brings the total strength of the cabinet to 34, the maximum number allowed under the law. The oath-taking ceremony for the ministers ended at around 1:30 pm at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru. This comes after hectic parleys by both CM Siddaramaiah and deputy CM Shivakumar in the national capital with the party high command for the last three days.
The 24 ministers are: H.K. Patil, Krishna Byre Gowda, N. Cheluvarayaswamy, K. Venkatesh, H.C. Mahadevappa, Eshwar Khandre, Kyathasandra N. Rajanna, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, Timmapur Ramappa Balappa, S. S. Mallikarjun, Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa, Sharanaprakash Rudrappa, Patil Mankal Vaidya, Laxmi R. Hebbalkar, Rahim Khan, D. Sudhakar, Santhosh S. Lad, N.S. Boseraju, Suresha B.S., Madhu Bangarappa, Dr. M.C. Sudhakar and B. Nagendra.
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- May 27, 2023 01:46 PM IST
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Mudhol's winning candidate Timmapur Ramappa Balappa sworn-in
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- May 27, 2023 12:33 PM IST
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- May 27, 2023 12:25 PM IST
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- May 27, 2023 12:22 PM IST
Shivanand Patil takes oath as a Karnataka minister
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- May 27, 2023 12:12 PM IST
Cong leaders Dr HC Mahadevappa, Eshwar Khandre take oath as Karnataka ministers
Congress leaders N Chaluvarayaswamy, who is considered to be a close aide of DK Shivakumar, K Venkateshtake, Dr HC Mahadevappa, who is a Dalit leader and close confidante of Siddaramaiah, and CM hopeful Eshwar Khandre took oath as Karnataka ministers.
- May 27, 2023 12:02 PM IST
Cong leaders HK Patil, Krishna Byregowda take oath as Karnataka ministers
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- May 27, 2023 11:52 AM IST
Swearing-in ceremony for 24 cabinet ministers begins in Bengaluru
- May 27, 2023 11:40 AM IST
Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar arrive at Vidhana Soudha
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar arrived at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the 24 new cabinet ministers, who names were released late on Friday.
- May 27, 2023 11:28 AM IST
Siddaramaiah-led Congress’s future uncertain in Karnataka: Kumaraswamy
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- May 27, 2023 11:13 AM IST
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- May 27, 2023 10:51 AM IST
Cong leader's supporters seek ministerial post for Banjara community representation in cabinet
One of the supporters of Congress Leader Rudrappa Lamani said, “Our banjara community leader Rudrappa Lamani's name was there on the list till last night, but today we saw that his name was not there on the list. If our leader will not get the Ministerial post, we will protest against this because we gave our 75 % vote to Congress in the election, so there should be at least one leader from our community.” (ANI)
- May 27, 2023 10:37 AM IST
Cong leader Rudrappa Lamani's supporters stage protest demanding ministerial post for him
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- May 27, 2023 10:15 AM IST
Bengaluru traffic police issues traffic advisory in view of swearing-in ceremony
In view of the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers at Raj Bhavan, road routes has been changed for traffic management and the public is requested to cooperate, the police said.
- May 27, 2023 09:55 AM IST
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- May 27, 2023 09:42 AM IST
Cong gives region-wise representation in Cabinet
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- May 27, 2023 09:33 AM IST
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- May 27, 2023 09:23 AM IST
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- May 27, 2023 09:10 AM IST
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- May 27, 2023 08:47 AM IST
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