Congress today released the list of eight cabinet ministers who will take oath along with Siddaramaiah.
New Delhi:
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today cleared the first list of eight cabinet ministers in the Karnataka government, after a week-long chaos over the Congress’s landslide election victory in Karnataka and the top post. take oath today,
The party faces a challenging task of choosing the right combination of ministers that will strike a balance between having representatives of all communities, regions, factions and representatives of the old and new generation of legislators.
Eight newly elected MLAs with diverse representation – G Parameshwara (SC), KH Muniyappa (SC), KJ George (Minority-Christian), MB Patil (Lingayat), Satish Jarkiholi (ST-Valmiki), Priyank Kharge (SC, and AICC) President M Mallikarjuna Kharge’s son, Ramalinga Reddy (Reddy), and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan (minority-Muslim) – will be sworn in as chief minister, with Siddaramaiah, and state Congress president DK Shivakumar as deputy chief minister.
Shri Kharge said that he would be present on the occasion and was leaving for Bengaluru in a short while.
“Today is the swearing-in ceremony of the chief minister, deputy chief minister and eight MLAs who will take oath as ministers (in the state cabinet), everyone is attending. I am going for the same. It is a matter of happiness that Karnataka A new and strong Congress government has come to power in Karnataka. This will benefit Karnataka, and it is creating a good environment in the country,” Mr Kharge told news agency ANI.
Mr. Siddaramaiah and Mr. Shivakumar were in Delhi till late Friday night discussing with the party high command the names of ministers to be inducted in the new cabinet and allocation of portfolios.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has invited leaders of several like-minded parties for the swearing-in ceremony, which will see Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administer the oath of office and secrecy to the chief minister and his cabinet at 12.30 pm at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here. Siddaramaiah had taken oath here in 2013 as well, when he became the chief minister for the first time.
The event could take the form of a show of strength for the opposition parties amid efforts for unity to take on the ruling BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.