Karnataka Cabinet Expansion: Full List of HD Kumaraswamy Ministers

Bengaluru, June 6: The HD Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka government saw its first Cabinet expansion today. As expected, many Congress MLAs made it to the Cabinet; the prominent ones being DK Shivakumar, KJ

Bengaluru, June 6: The HD Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka government saw its first Cabinet expansion today. As expected, many Congress MLAs made it to the Cabinet; the prominent ones being DK Shivakumar, KJ George, Priyank Khare, RV Deshpande, HK Patil and Shivashankara Reddy. KPJP MLA Shankar also took the oath of office. After hectic meetings to work out an amicable solution, the portfolios were divided between the allies. The Congress got Home, Irrigation, Bengaluru City Development, Industries, Health, Revenue, Urban Development, Rural Development, Agriculture, Medical Education, Housing, Labour, Women & Child Welfare, Forest & Environment, Mines & Geology, Social Welfare, Food & Civil Supplies, Law & Parliamentary Affairs, IT, BT and Science & Technology, Kannada Culture, Sports & Youth Affairs, Haj & Wakf and Minority Affairs, and Ports & Inland Transport Development departments.

The JD(S), besides Finance, got Excise, Information, Intelligence, General Administration, Planning & Statistics, Public Works Department (PWD), Power, Cooperation, Tourism, General Education, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries, Horticulture & Sericulture, Small-Scale Industries, Transport and Minor Irrigation. Portfolio distribution caused discord between the partners. However, the allies agreed that there would be no rotational arrangement and Kumaraswamy would continue to be the Chief Minister for the entire period.

Serial No	Candidate Name	Party
1	D.K.Shivakumar	INC
2	R.V.Deshpande	INC
3	H.K.Patil	INC
4	Shamanuru Shivashankarppa	INC
5	K.J.George	INC
6	Krishna Byre Gowda	INC
7	Rajshekar Patil	INC
8	Shivanand Patil	INC
9	Priyanka Kharge	INC
10	U.T.Khadar	INC
11	Zamir Ahmed Khan	INC
12	Puttaranga Shetty	INC
13	Shivashankara Reddy	INC
14	Jayamala	INC
15	Shankar	KPJP
16	H D Revanna	JD(S)
17	GT Devegowda	JD(S)
18	Bandappa Kadhmpur	JD(S)
19	C S Puttaraju	JD(S)
20	H K Kumaraswamy	JD(S)
21	SA RA Mahesh	JD(S)
22	N Mahesh	JD(S)
23	Venkatrao Nadagowda	JD(S)

The two parties, which had fought an aggressive election against each other in many seats, cobbled together an alliance as soon as it became apparent that the BJP, despite being the single largest party in the Assembly, didn’t have the numbers to form the government on its own. While BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa met the Governor and the latter invited him to form the government, drawing flak from across the nation, the allies moved the Supreme Court against the decision. The allies also closeted their MLAs at a resort till Yeddyurappa resigned minutes before he was to prove his majority on the floor of the House.