First list of ministers in Siddaramaiah cabinet out

Congress is ready to swear-in eight cupboard ministers aside from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Dy CM DK Shivakumar on Saturday in Bengaluru. Congress Basic Secretary (Organisation) Ok.C. Venugopal despatched a letter to Siddaramaiah confirming that Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has accepted a listing of Cupboard Ministers.

This record contains senior faces A.G. Parmeshwara, Ok.H. Muniyappa, Ok.J. George, M.B. Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyanka Kharge, Ramalimga Reddy and B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan. The swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka CM, Dy CM and Cupboard Ministers will happen at 12.30 p.m. in Bengaluru’s Kanteerava Stadium.

AICC chief Kharge had invited leaders of 19 like-minded events for the oath-taking ceremony. Conferences have been held with Venugopal and Karnataka Congress incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala over the state cupboard, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Congress had received 135 out of 224 seats within the Could 10 Karnataka Meeting Elections. The BJP’s seat share decreased to 66 whereas JD-S obtained 19.