Karnataka Cabinet expansion: Full list of ministers and their portfolios

Karnataka has a sanctioned strength of 34 ministers including the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister. On May 20, along with Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, another eight MLAs were administered the oath of office.

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First Published May 27, 2023, 4:00 PM IST | Last Updated May 27, 2023, 4:00 PM IST

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Saturday (May 27) administered the oath of office and secrecy to as many as 24 new ministers in the expansion of the Siddharamaiah cabinet. With this, the Congress government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has got the full strength of the cabinet in the state.

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During the oath taking ceremony, supporters of those MLAs who were denied ministerial positions such as M Krishnappa, a four-time MLA, who was also a minister in the previous Congress government led by Siddaramaiah, raised slogans and held placards demanding cabinet berths for their leaders.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has struck a balance by giving caste and region-wise representation along with giving due respect to senior as well as junior MLAs, an official statement said on Friday night.

It also said the cabinet will have eight Lingayats. Within them, different sub-sects of the community have been given representation.

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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