Siddaramaiah takes oath as Karnataka CM, DK Shivakumar as Dy CM, 8 Cong MLAs sworn in as Cabinet ministers
Karnataka,May 20 : Siddaramaiah took oath as the Karnataka Chief Minister for the second time, with Congress state president DK Shivakumar as his deputy.
The swearing-in ceremony was held on Saturday (May 20) at the Kanteerava stadium in Bengaluru.
Along with Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, at least eight other Congress leaders were sworn in as Cabinet ministers. With this, 10 out of 34 ministerial posts in the Karnataka government have been filled. The national party is yet to choose 24 other ministers.
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The MLAs that were sworn-in as cabinet ministers include Dr G Parameshwara, KJ George, K H Muniyapa, Satish Jarkiholi, Zameer Ahmed, Ramalinga Reddy, Priyank Kharge and MB Patil.
Initially, after the Karnataka Assembly elections results were declared, DK Shivakumar had been insisting on the top post, citing his work over the last five years, including rebuilding the party after their government fell in 2019 and leading the Congress to a massive mandate in the May 10 Assembly election.
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Meanwhile, Siddaramaiah’s CM bid was based on larger MLA support and surveys claiming his popularity, and also his 5-year complete tenure as a chief minister.
The new chief minister-designate, Siddaramaiah, was the first CM of Karnataka to serve a complete five-year term in the last 40 years. In fact, he is also the second chief minister to do so in the southern state’s history, after Devaraj Urs.
The Congress won a decisive mandate in the May 10 Karnataka Assembly election, winning 135 of the 224 seats, ousting the BJP from power. The BJP was a distant second with 66 seats and the JD(S), which had hoped to play the kingmaker, was down with just 19 seats.
-PTI
