Cabinet expansion: DKS, UTK, Zameer, George, Revanna, among others take oath as ministers

Bengaluru, Jun 6: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday expanded his cabinet by inducting 25 legislators who took the oath of office as ministers at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan.

In all, 14 legislators from the Congress, nine from the JD(S) and one each from the BSP and the KPJP were sworn in as ministers by Governor Vajubhai Vala.

The Congress-JD(S) coalition government came into existence on May 23 when Kumaraswamy took oath as chief minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwara as his deputy.

Congress ministers:

1) R V Deshpande

2) D K Shivakumar

3) K J George

4) Krishna Byre Gowda

5) Shivashankara Reddy

6) Ramesh Jarkiholi

7) Priyank Kharge

8) U T Khader

9) Zameer Ahmed khan

10) Shivanand Patil

11) Venkataramanappa

12) Rajshekar Patil

13) Puttaranga Shetty

14) Jayamala

JD(S) ministers:

1) H D Revanna

2) Bandeppa Kashampur

3) G T Deve Gowda

4) D C Thammanna

5) M C Managali

6) S R Srinivas

7) Venkatrao Nadagouda

8) C S Puttaraju

9) Sa Ra Mahesh

Others:

Mahesh (BSP)

R Shankar (KPJP)