Last Update: May 20, 2023, 12:00 PM IST
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge (centre) with DK Shivakumar (left) and Siddaramaiah. (Image: Twitter/@Kharge)
KH Muniyappa, KJ George, Satish Jharikholi, Ramalinga Reddy and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan are among the other ministers to be inducted into the cabinet on Saturday, according to a letter to the Governor.
Karnataka’s newly elected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to take oath on Saturday along with his deputy DK Shivakumar and eight cabinet ministers. The eight MLAs who got ministerial berths include Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s son Priyank Kharge, G Parameshwara and MB Patil.
Priyank, who was a surprise choice in the cabinet, belongs to the Dalit (right) community. He was the youngest minister in the Siddaramaiah cabinet in 2017 at 38 and has served as the minister for IT, BT and Tourism.
Later, he was again inducted in the Kumaraswamy (coalition) cabinet as Minister for Social Welfare.
According to the letter to the governor, other ministers to be inducted into the cabinet on Saturday include KH Muniyappa, KJ George, Satish Jharikholi, Ramalinga Reddy and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan.
Meanwhile, several prominent opposition leaders and chief ministers of Congress-ruled states will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Siddaramaiah as chief minister and DK Shivakumar as deputy chief minister here on Saturday as the old party seeks to foster opposition unity ahead of the next one. year’s Lok Sabha elections.
Former Union minister M Veerappa Moily said the swearing-in ceremony could also be a launchpad for opposition unity and a show of strength and solidarity.
Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge has also invited leaders of JMM, RJD, Shiv Sena, SP, PDP, CPI(M), CPI, MDMK, RSP, CPI(ML), VCK, RLD, Kerala Congress and IUML for the function. sources said.