LAGATAR24 DESK
Bengaluru, May 20: Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister-designate Siddaramaiah, and his deputy D K Shivakumar in Bengaluru today, the Congress released the first list of MLAs who have been included in the state Cabinet. The new ministers are: G Parameshwara, K H Muniyappa, K J George, M B Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy, and B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge extended the invitation to several like-minded Opposition parties and personally invited them to the event. Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, apart from several Congress Chief Ministers and leaders are expected to attend the event.
This comes after days of hectic parleys, post which the Congress named Siddaramaiah as the chief minister, Shivakumar his deputy. While Siddaramaiah. 75 is a backwards-class leader with over five decades of political experience and is considered one of the three remaining mass leaders of the state, KPVV president DL Shivakumar, who hails from the Vokkaliga community, is seen as the architect behind the victory in Karnataka.
