Karnataka government completed its cabinet expansion by finalizing for 24 cabinet position
On Saturday, the Congress government in Karnataka completed its cabinet expansion process by finalizing the names for 24 cabinet positions. However, two turncoats, Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi, who had previously supported the ruling party by quitting BJP and influencing the Lingayat vote bank, were excluded.
Among the 24 legislators who took oath, the Siddaramaiah cabinet accommodated 6 Lingayats and 4 Vokkaligas. Additionally, 3 Scheduled Castes, 2 Scheduled Tribes, and 5 representatives from Other Backward Classes were included.
Representatives from the Muslim, Jain, Brahmin, and Namdhari Reddy communities were each given one position, and only one woman, Laxmi R Hebbalkar, became part of the cabinet. She successfully defended her seat from Belagavi Rural in the recent assembly election, defeating Nagesh Annappa Manolkar of the BJP.
Out of the 31 districts in Karnataka, the Siddaramaiah government did not appoint any ministers from Udupi, Chikkamagaluru, Madikeri, Kolar, Haveri, Ramanagara, Hassan, and Bengaluru Rural.
Mangaluru and Chamrajnagar were represented by UT Khader and C Puttarangashetty, who were elected as Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the lower house.
The following cabinet ministers took oath: HK Patil, Krishna Byre Gowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, HC Mahadevappa, Eshwar Khandre, Kyathasandra N Rajanna, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, and Shivanand Patil.
Other ministers include: Timmapur Ramappa Balappa, SS Mallikarjun, Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa, Sharanaprakash Rudrappa, Patil Mankal Vaidya, Laxmi R Hebbalkar, Rahim Khan, D Sudhakar, Santhosh S Lad, NS Boseraju, BS Suresha, Madhu Bangarappa, Dr MC Sudhakar, and B Nagendra.
The oath-taking ceremony was conducted by Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at Raj Bhavan.
Supporters of Tanveer Sait, Rudrappa Lamani, and Laxman Savadi expressed their discontent with the Congress party for not appointing their respective leaders to ministerial positions.