First record of ministers in Siddaramaiah cupboard out

Congress is ready to swear-in eight cupboard ministers other than Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Dy CM DK Shivakumar on Saturday in Bengaluru. Congress General Secretary (Organisation) Okay.C. Venugopal despatched a letter to Siddaramaiah confirming that Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has authorised an inventory of Cabinet Ministers.

This record contains senior faces A.G. Parmeshwara, Okay.H. Muniyappa, Okay.J. George, M.B. Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyanka Kharge, Ramalimga Reddy and B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan. The swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka CM, Dy CM and Cabinet Ministers will happen at 12.30 p.m. in Bengaluru’s Kanteerava Stadium.

AICC chief Kharge had invited leaders of 19 like-minded events for the oath-taking ceremony. Meetings have been held with Venugopal and Karnataka Congress incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala over the state cupboard, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Congress had received 135 out of 224 seats within the May 10 Karnataka Assembly Elections. The BJP’s seat share diminished to 66 whereas JD-S received 19.