{"id":16364,"date":"2026-06-03T18:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/karnataka-cabinet-takes-shape-who-all-took-oath-with-new-cm-dk-shivakumar-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:58:18","slug":"karnataka-cabinet-takes-shape-who-all-took-oath-with-new-cm-dk-shivakumar-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/karnataka-cabinet-takes-shape-who-all-took-oath-with-new-cm-dk-shivakumar-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka cabinet takes shape: Who all took oath with new CM DK Shivakumar | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131484115,imgsize-203766,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/bengaluru-jun-03-ani-karnataka-governor-thawarchand-gehlot-chief-minister-d.jpg\" alt=\"Karnataka cabinet takes shape: Who all took oath with new CM DK Shivakumar\" title=\"Congress leaders at the swearing-in ceremony of DK Shivakumar and his ministers\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Congress leaders at the swearing-in ceremony of DK Shivakumar and his ministers\">Congress leaders at the swearing-in ceremony of DK Shivakumar and his ministers<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Karnataka\u2019s new cabinet took shape on Wednesday as <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dk-shivakumar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">DK Shivakumar<\/a> took oath as chief minister along with 13 other Congress MLAs and leaders as ministers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Senior leader G Parameshwara was sworn in as deputy chief minister. <!-- -->Shivakumar was the deputy CM under predecessor and rival, Siddaramaiah, for over two years.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Priyank Kharge, son of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, and Yathindra Siddaramaiah, son of Siddaramaiah, also took oath as ministers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The allocation of portfolios will be announced later.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Here\u2019s a look at those who took oath and their brief profile:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">DK Shivakumar (CM):<\/span> Widely regarded as the Congress\u2019 trouble-shooter, Shivakumar has also served as its Karnataka unit president since 2020, a position he is now expected to vacate. <!-- -->He represents the Kanakapura assembly constituency and has won four consecutive elections there since 2008.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">G Parameshwara (deputy CM):<\/span> A prominent Dalit leader who was in contention for the top post before the party ultimately decided to honour its \u201ccommitment\u201d to Shivakumar, Parameshwara previously served as Siddaramaiah&#8217;s home minister. The Kortagere MLA has also headed the Karnataka Congress twice, serving consecutive terms for nearly eight years, making him the longest-serving occupant of the position.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">KH Muniyappa:<\/span> A veteran leader who won seven consecutive Lok Sabha elections from Kolar before losing in 2019. He won the 2023 Karnataka assembly polls from Devanahalli and was part of Siddaramaiah\u2019s cabinet, handling food and civil supplies, and consumer affairs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">KJ George:<\/span> The MLA from Sarvagnanagar since 2013, Kelachandra Joseph George has held various ministerial posts in Congress governments in Karnataka over the years. <!-- -->He served as energy minister under Siddaramaiah.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">MB Patil: <\/span>The MLA from Babaleshwar hails from the politically significant Lingayat community. A former Lok Sabha member from Bijapur, Patil was the infrastructure development and industries minister in the previous Siddaramaiah-led government.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Ramalinga Reddy<\/span><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">:<\/span> A senior Congress leader, Reddy represents the BTM Layout constituency in Bengaluru. He has previously held key portfolios such as transport and home in Congress governments in the state.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Satish Jarkiholi: <\/span>The MLA from Yemkanmardi in Belagavi district, Jarkhioli is a senior leader from north Karnataka with a strong political background. He has held ministerial roles in earlier Congress governments in the state.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"43\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Krishna Byregowda:<\/span> Represents Byatarayanapura in Bengaluru and has earlier served as rural development and panchayat raj minister and as revenue minister in the previous government.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Priyank Kharge:<\/span> From Chittapur in Kalaburagi district, he has previously handled IT\/BT and rural development portfolios. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"50\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">UT Khader: <\/span>Elected from Mangaluru in coastal Karnataka, he has held multiple ministerial roles in the past and also served as Speaker of the Karnataka assembly. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"53\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Eshwar Khandre:<\/span> Hailing from Bhalki in Bidar district, Khandre is a senior Congress leader from north Karnataka. He was the forest, ecology, and ennironment minister under Siddaramaiah. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"57\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Yathindra Siddaramaiah: <\/span>From Varuna in Mysuru district, he is a first-time minister.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"60\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Byrathi Suresh: <\/span>Based in Hebbal, Bengaluru, Suresh is known more for organisational responsibilities within the party and has limited prior ministerial experience. He served as the urban development and town planning minister in the Siddaramaiah government.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"63\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Sharan Prakash Patil: <\/span>The Sedam legislator is a medical professional by background and has earlier served as higher education minister. He was the medical education and skill development minister in the Siddaramaiah government.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"66\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/karnataka-cabinet-takes-shape-who-all-took-oath-with-new-cm-dk-shivakumar\/articleshow\/131482714.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress leaders at the swearing-in ceremony of DK Shivakumar and his ministers NEW DELHI: Karnataka\u2019s new cabinet took shape on Wednesday as DK Shivakumar took oath as chief minister along with 13 other Congress MLAs and leaders as ministers.Senior leader G Parameshwara was sworn in as deputy chief minister. Shivakumar was the deputy CM under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}