Karnataka Cabinet expansion: On May 27, the Karnataka Governor administered the oath of office to 24 state cabinet ministers. On May 20, ten legislators were sworn in as cabinet ministers alongside Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.
N. Rajanna, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, HK Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Chaluvarayaswamy, K Venkateshtake, Dr. HC Mahadevappa, and Eshwar Khandre were among the prominent MLAs sworn in as ministers on May 27. On Friday, May 26, the grand old party released a list of the 24 legislators currently serving in the state administration.
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to hold Finance portfolio, Dy CM DK Shivakumar to hold Irrigation and BDA.
G Parameshwara gets Home Ministry. https://t.co/42PixGLNlN pic.twitter.com/0HbnAC4c9s— Arvind Gunasekar (@arvindgunasekar) May 27, 2023
Here’s a full list of ministers and their portfolios:
- Siddaramaiah – Chief Minister, Finance, Cabinet Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Information and all unallocated portfolios
- DK Shivakumar – Deputy CM, Major and Medium Irrigation, Bengaluru City development
- G Parameshwara – Home (excluding intellegence)
- HK Patil – Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Legislation, Minor Irrigation
- Krishna Byregowda – Revenue (excluding Muzrai)
- KH Muniyappa – Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs
- KJ George – Energy
- MB Patil – Large and Medium Industries, IT & BT
- Ramalinga Reddy – Transport
- Satish Jarkiholi – Public Works
- Priyank Kharge – Rural Development & Panchayat Raj
- BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan – Housing, Wakf and Minorities
- Dinesh Gundu Rao – Health and Family Welfare
- N Cheluvarayaswamy – Agriculture
- K Venkatesh – Animal Husbandary and Sericulture
- HC Mahadevappa – Social Welfare
- Eshwar Khandre – Forest, Ecology & Environment
- KN Rajanna – Co-operation
- Sharanabasappa Darshanapur – Small scale Industries, Public Sector Industries
- Shivanand Patil – Textiles, Sugarcane Developoment & Directorate of Sugar, Agriculture Marketing from Co-operation Department
- Timmapur Ramappa Balappa – Excise and Muzrai
- SS Mallikarjun – Mines & Geology, Horticulture
- Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa – Backward Class & ST Welfare
- Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil – Higher Education
- Mankal Vaidya – Fisheries & Ports, Inland Transport
- Laxmi R Hebbalkar – Women and Children Development, Disabled and Senior-Citizens Empowerment
- Rahim Khan – Municipal Administration, Haj
- D Sudhakar – Infrastructure Development, Planning and Statistics
- Santosh S Lad – Labour and Skill Development
- NS Boseraju – Tourism, Science and Technology
- Suresha BS – Urban Development & Town Planning (including KUWSDB & KUIDFC), excluding BDA, BBMP, BWSSB, BMRDA, BMRCL
- Madhu Bangarappa – Primaryand Secondary Education
- MC Sudhakar – Medical Education
- B Nagendra – Youth Services, Sports and Kannada Culture
