NEW DELHI: The new Karnataka Cabinet comprising 31 ministers were assigned their portfolios on Saturday with chief minister Siddaramaiah keeping 5 key ministries. His deputy, D K Shivakumar, has been given two ministries: irrigation and Bengaluru development.
The CM has kept the ministries of finance, cabinet affairs, personnel and administrative reforms, intelligence, information, and other unallocated portfolios.
Senior Congress leader G Parameshwara has been given the home ministry while Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s son Priyank Kharge has been given the ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
HK Patil has been allotted Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Dinesh Gundu Rao has been given Health & Family Welfare, and Krishna Bayre Gowda has been allotted Revenue (Excluding Muzrai).
