D.K. Shivakumar Takes Oath as Karnataka Chief Minister, G. Parameshwara Becomes Deputy Chief Minister |
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New Delhi: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar was sworn-in as the chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday (June 3) at Lok Bhavan in Bengaluru. Along with Shivakumar, 13 other ministers including deputy chief minister G. Parameshwara were sworn in today.
There are two new entrants in the cabinet Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah and U.T. Khader. Other ministers who took oath are M.B. Patil, K.J. George, K.H. Muniyappa, Satish Jarkiholi, Ramalinga Reddy, Krishna Byregowda, Priyank Kharge, Ishwar Khandre, Byrathi Suresh and Sharan Prakash Patil.
Interestingly, Shivakumar took oath in the name of late sear Gangadhar Ajjayya and Parameshwara on the name of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Patil took oath in the name of Vishwaguru Basavanna and other Sharanas, as well as Siddheshwar Swamiji and U.T. Khader and Eshwar Khandre took oath in the name of God. Like his father Siddaramaiah in the past, Yathindra took oath in the name of the........