Karnataka: 24 legislators to take oath as Karnataka ministers, 7 from DK Shivakumar faction, 6 from CM Siddaramaiah’s camp

The new Congress authorities of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will enhance its cabinet one week after taking office by appointing 24 new ministers on Saturday, May 27.

There could be 34 ministers throughout the Karnataka cabinet now. Ten of them have been sworn in on May 20, along with the chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar.

The Chief Minister’s office reported that the swearing-in is scheduled on the Raj Bhavan at 11.45 a.m. The Raj Bhavan’s security has been tightened in anticipation of the large viewers that is anticipated to attend the ceremony.

On Saturday, these that may take the oath of office, embrace Congress working president Eshwar Khandre, former state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao, MLAs H Okay Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, Okay Venkatesh, and H C Mahadevappa.

Kyathasandra N Rajanna, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, Ramappa Balappa Timmapur, S S Mallikarjun, Shivaraj Sangappa Tangadagi, Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil, Mankal Vaidya, Laxmi Hebbalkar, Rahim Khan, D Sudhakar, Santosh Lad, N S Boseraju, Suresha B S, Madhu Bangarappa, M C Sudhakar and B Nagendraare are the alternative names on the guidelines.

After hours of frantic dialogue between the Karnataka chief minister, deputy chief minister, and the senior central get collectively leaders, along with All India Congress Committee (AICC) widespread secretary Okay C Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala, the names of the 24 MLAs have been finalised.

The two Karnataka leaders had beforehand met Sonia Gandhi for the first time following the creation of the state’s administration. The guidelines acquired final approval from former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and incumbent president Mallikarjun Kharge.

The Siddaramaiah faction effectively lobbied for six of its allies to be included throughout the guidelines whereas with seven legislators, the DK Shivakumar faction has a bit edge over the earlier. The extreme command of Congress chosen the remaining 11 ministers on the guidelines.

Krishna Byregowda, Okay Venkatesh, Dinesh Gundu Rao, HC Mahadevappa, KN Rajanna, and Rahim Khan are seen as close to Siddaramaiah whereas DK Shivakumar group has Madhu Bangarappa, D Sudhakar, Cheluvarayaswamiy, Mankal Vaidya, MC Sudhakar, NS Boseraju, and Laxmi Hebbalkar.

Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar’s disagreements, which started over a few names, have been settled after protracted conversations.

Afterward, the leaders departed from Delhi for Bengaluru to witness the swearing-in of the model new ministers. Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, and Hemant Soren, the chief minister of Jharkhand, moreover left with them for the occasion on Saturday.

The portfolios have not however been assigned and in accordance with state minister Okay H Muniyappa, they could be launched by Saturday night time.