Within a week of assuming power, the Congress government in Karnataka has expanded its cabinet on Saturday, filling all p🎃osts.
Governor Thaawarchand 🎉Gehlot administered them the oath of office and secrecy.
After Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy D K Shivakumar and eight other ministers, 2ಌ4 legislators today took oath as ministers of Karnataka ꦯcabinet
Among those who got ministerial posts include sons of two former chief ministers -- R Gundu Rao’s son Dinesh Gundu Rao and S B🐬angarappa’s son Madhu Bangarappa.
The party also gave a chance to sevꩵeral former ministers and vete🍨ran Congress leaders in its second list.
Here's all you need to know about the miniaters of the new cabinet
H K Patil is a staunch Congress man and a seasoned ♚politician. The 69-year-old MLAꦉ was elected from Gadag constituency. He has held portfolios of textile, water resources, agriculture, law and parliamentary affairs as well as rural development and panchayat raj. He comes from a political family; his father K H Patil was also an MLA from the same constituency.
Krishna Byre Gowda is a fiv🍬e-time MLA – twice from Vemgal in Kolar and thrice from Byatarayanapura in Bengaluru city. The 50-year-old legislator was a minister for rural development and panchayat raj. He also held the portfolio of agriculture, and law and parliamentary affairs. He holds an MA in international affairs from the School of International Service at American Univerꩵsity in Washington DC.
N Cheluvarayaswamy switched from JD(S) to Congress in 2018 ahead of the Assembly elections. He lost that election. He is a four-time MLA from Nagamangala. He🉐 was a Lok Sabha member in 2009 but resigned in 2013 to contest in the Assembly poll on a JD(S) ticket from his favourite seat Nagamangala.
K Venkatesh is a five-time MLA from Periyapatna. The 75-year-old Congress MLA was p♌reviously with the Janata Dal. He later joined the Congress and became an MLA in 2013. In 2018, he lost to K Mahadevaܫ of the JD(S). He bounced back by winning the recent 2023 election.
Dr H C Mahadevappa is an MBBS doctor from JJM Medical Co🐽llege. Belonging to the Scheduled Caste community, the 70-year-old MLA from T Narasipur was previously with the JD(S) and switched over to the Congress. He was the Public Works Minister in the previous Siddaramaiah government.
Congress working president Eshwar Khandre comes from a politica🌠l family. His father Bheemanna Khandre was also a minister in the Karnataka government. The 61-year-old leader is an engineerin👍g graduate and also a four-time MLA from Bhalki in Bidar constituency.
Former state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao comes from an illustrious family. His father late R Gundu Rao was the chief minister from 1980 to 1983. A BE from BMS College, Rao continued his winning streak without any break for the sixth time in 2023. He was the food and civil suppli🌠es minister from 2015 to 2016.
Kyathasandra N Rajanna is a 72-year-old leader from the Scheduled Tribe community. He is an advocate and agriculturist. He was elected as MLA once from Madhugiri Assembly co🐎nstituency in 2013.
Sharanabasappa Darshanapur is a five-time MLA from Shahapur constituency in Yadgir district. The 62-year-old leader is a BE graduate in civil engineering. His fat๊her Bapugouda Darshanapur was a three-time MLA from Shahapur and was also a minister in the Karnataka government.
Shivanand Patil, a four-time MLA from Basavana Bagewadi, was minister for health and family welfare from 2018 to 2019 in🥀 the coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy.
R🧔amappa Balappa Timmapur is a three-time MLA from Mudhol. In 2023, he won by defeating sitting minister Govind Karjol, who was a five-time MLA from the same constituency. Timmapur was the minister for sugar, port and inland transport of Karnataka.
S S Mallikarjun is an educationist who won the election from Davangere North. He is the son of veteran Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa, the 92-year-old MLA from Davangere South. He is also the chairman of the prestigious SS Institute of M🌠edical Science and Research Centre, Davangere.
The 52-year-old MLA Shivaraj Sangappa Tangadagi is a three-time MLA from Kanakagiri constituency i꧑n Koppal district.
Dr Sharanaprakash Patil is a doctor by profession and a four-time MLA from S✅edam constituency in Kalaburagi district.
Mankal S Vaidya was elected twice from Bhatkal-Honnavar constituency in the coastal distrꦫict of Uttara Kannada.
Laxmi Hebbalkar is a 48-year-old MLA from Belagavi rural. She won from the constituency for the second time. She is c♑onsidered to be close to deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar.
Rahim Khan, the 57-year𒊎-old MLA from Bidar North constituency, was the youth empowerment and sports minister in the coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy.
D Sudhakar is a three-time MLA from Hiriyur in Chitradurga district. The 62-year-old Congress legislator had served꧋ as minister for social welfare of Karnataka from 2008 to 2009.
S🐻antosh Lad is an MLA from Kalghatgi constituency in Dharwad district. The 48-year-old holds a BCom and comes from a business family.
N S Boseraju, a Congress national secretary, is not a member of legis🌜lative council or the legislative assembly. He is considered to be close to the Congress hig🐽h command. His candidature was finalised in the last minute after much deliberation.
Suresha B𓂃 S is a two-time MLA who made it to the Karnataka cabinet.
Madhu Bangarappa is the son of former Chief Minister S Bangarappa. Previouslyꦆ associated with JD(S), the 56-year-old legislator the 2023 Assembly election by defeating his brother Kumar Bangarappa 𒅌of the BJP from Soraba assembly constituency in Shivamogga district.
Dr M C Sudhakar is an MLA from Chintamani Assembly constituency in Chikkaballapura district. The 54-year-old legislator mꦏade it to the Karnataka Assembly♓ for a third time. He is a dental surgeon.
B Nagendra is a Congress MLA from Ballari constituency. He is a 'giant killer' who defeated former minister B Sr🃏iramulu in the recently concluded Assembly election from Ballari Rural constituency.
