Guwahati: At least 24 MLAs have been sworn in as ministers on Saturday in the newly constituted Karnataka government headed by chief minister Siddaramaiah.
The newly inducted ministers include HK Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, HC Mahadevappa, Eshwar Khandre, Kyathasandra N Rajanna, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, Timmapur Ramappa Balappa, SS Mallikarjun, Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa, Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil, Mankal Vaidya, Laxmi R Hebbalkar, Rahim Khan, D Sudhakar, Santosh S Lad, NS Boseraju, Suresha BS, Madhu Bangarappa, MC Sudhakar, B Nagendra.
The oath was administered to the new ministers by Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot.
The cabinet now has a total of 34 ministers after the newest appointments.
It may be mentioned that on May 20, Siddaramaiah took oath as the chief minister of the state along with DK Shivakumar as the Deputy CM.
At the event, eight MLAs also took as oath as ministers in the new Karnataka cabinet.
The ministers were- G Parameshwara, KH Muniyappa, KJ George, MB Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan.