25 MLAs sworn-in as HDK expands the ministry
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy expanded his ministry by inducting 25 MLAs who took the oath of office at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.
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) DK Shivakumar
3) K J George
4) Krishna ByreGowda
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 DRevanna
2) Bandeppa Kashampur
3) GT DeveGowda
4) DC 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)