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Karnataka cabinet expansion: 25 ministers take oath
June 6, 2018
Bengaluru: A total of 15 ministers from Congress and 10 from the JD(S) took oath on Wednesday. But senior Lingayat leader MB Patil was not given ministerial berth, leading to protests by his loyal workers. Governor Vajubhai Vala administered the oath to the ministers in the presence Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and Deputy CM G Parameshwara.
Former Kannda actress and legislative council member Jayamala of the Congress is the lone woman minister. N Mahesh of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was also sworn in. The BSP is a pre-poll ally of the JD(S). Independent R Shankar, who supported the alliance, is another cabinet minister.
Congress ministers: RV Deshpande, DK Shivakumar, KJ George, Krishna Byre Gowda, Shivshanker Reddy, Ramesh Jarakiholi, Priyank Kharge, UT Khader, Zameer Ahmed, Shivanand Patil, Venkataramanappa, Rajshekhar Patil, Puttaranga Shetty, Shankar, Jayamala
JD(S) ministers: HD Revanna, Bandeppa Kashanpur, GT Devegowda, Managooli, Gubbi Srinivas, Venkat Rao Nada Gowda, CS Puttaraju, Sa.Ra. Mahesh, N Mahesh, Tammanna
SOURCE : http://www.bfirst.in/category/state/karnataka-cabinet-expansion-25-ministers-take-oath-490632
