Full List Of Karnataka Ministers And Their Portfolios

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy to 24 new ministers in the expansion of the Siddharamaiah cabinet on Saturday. With this, the Congress government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has got the full strength of the cabinet in the state. Karnataka has a sanctioned strength of 34 ministers including the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister. On May 20, along with Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar, another eight MLAs were administered the oath of office. 

On May 18, Siddaramaiah was elected as the CLP leader unanimously in Karnataka, after the Congress party finalised its CM candidate after days of tussle between him and Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar. Siddaramaiah took oath as the Chief Minister while DK Shivakumar took oath as his deputy.

Karnataka Cabinet expansion | Bengaluru: Congress leader HK Patil, Krishna Byregowda take oath as Karnataka Minister pic.twitter.com/VM6d9OLRT8 — ANI (@ANI) May 27, 2023

Here is the complete list of 34 Ministers in the Karnataka Government:

            Minister ---------------------------- Portfolio

• Siddaramaiah --------------Chief Minister, Finance, Cabinet Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Information, I.T & B.T, Infrastructure Development and all unallocated portfolios
• DK Shivakumar -------------- Deputy CM, Major & Medium Irrigation, Bengaluru City development
• HK Patil----------------- ----------Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Legislation, Tourism
• Krishna Byre Gowda------------ Revenue (excluding Muzrai)
• N Cheluvarayaswamy----------- Agriculture
• K Venkatesh-----------------------Animal Husbandry & Sericulture
• HC Mahadevappa---------------- Social Welfare
• Eshwar Khandre------------------ Forest, Ecology & Environment
• Kyathasandra N Rajanna-------- Co-operation
• Dinesh Gundu Rao----------------Health & Family Welfare
• Sharanabasappa Darshanapur---Small Scale Industries, Public Sector Industries
• Shivanand Patil----------------- Textiles, Sugarcane Development & Sugar, Agricultre Marketing 
• Timmapur Ramappa Balappa----Excise
•  SS Mallikarjun--------------------Mines & Geology, Horticulture
•  Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa-- Backward Classes & Kannada and Culture
•  Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil---- Medical Education & Skill Development
•  Mankal Vaidya-------------------- Fisheries & Ports, Island Transport
•  Laxmi R Hebbalkar------------Women & Child Development, Disabled & Senior Citizen Empowerment
•  Rahim Khan----------------------- Municipal Administration, Haj
•  D Sudhakar-------------------------Planning and Statistics
•  Santosh S Lad----------------------Labour
•  NS Boseraju------------------------Science & Technology, Minor Irrigation
•  Suresha BS---------------------- --Urban Development & Town Planning
• Madhu Bangarappa--------------- Primary & Secondary Education
• MC Sudhakar-------------------- --Higher Education
• B Nagendra-------------------------Youth Services, Sports and S.T Welfare
• Priyank Kharge------------------ --Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
• G Parameshwara-------------------Home (excluding Intelligence)
• MB Patil----------------------------Large & Medium Industries
• KH Muniyappa-------------------  Food & Civil Suplies, Consumer Affairs
• KJ George-------------------------  Energy
• Satish Jarakiholi-------------------  Public Works
• Ramalinga Reddy----------------  Transport and Muzrai
• BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan-------  Housing, Waqf & Minority Welfare

The Congress had scored an emphatic win by bagging 135 seats in the May 10 elections to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly ousting the ruling BJP, which got 66 seats