Karnataka Cabinet expansion: Complete list of ministers and their portfolios
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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.
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