K'taka: New ministry sworn in; 10 new faces, 1 woman

Bangalore, May 18: The new ministry of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was sworn in in Karnataka on Saturday. The new Congress ministry has 28 members, including 10 new faces. One of the member is a woman, Umashree.

The ministry has 20 cabinet and eight state ministers.

Here are the names of the new members of the ministry:

Name (constituency) (rank)

Ramalinga Reddy - BTM Layout (cabinet)

R V Deshpande - Haliyal (cabinet)

Prash Hukkeri - Chikkodi sadalaga (cabinet)

Shamanur Shivashankarappa - Davanagere south (cabinet)

H K Patil - Gadag (cabinet)

T B Jayachandra - Sira (cabinet)

Qamarul Islam - Gulbarga north (cabinet)

Ramanatha Rai - Bantwal (cabinet)

H C Mahadevappa - T Narasipur (cabinet)

M H Ambareesh - Mandya (cabinet)

Baburao Chinchansur - Gurmatkal (cabinet)

K J George - SARVAGNA NAGAR (cabinet)

H Anjaneya - Holalkere (cabinet)

U T Khader - Mangalore (cabinet)

M B Patil - Bableshwar (cabinet)

ShivaRaj Tangadagi - Kanakagiri (cabinet)

Dinesh Gundu Rao - Gandhi Nagara

Krishna Byre Gowda - Byatarayanapura

Abhayachandra jain - Moodabidri

Kimmane Rathnakar - Thirthahalli

Umashree - Teredala

Santosh Lad - Kalaghatagi

Satish Jarkiholi - Yamanakaradi (cabinet)

Parameshwara Naik - Huvina Hadagali

Vinay Kumar Sorake - Kapu (cabinet)

V Srinivas Prasad - Nanjangud (cabinet)

Dr Sharan Prakash Patil - Sedam

H S Mahadeva Prasad - Gundlupet (cabinet)

Vokkaliga MLA and former minister DK Shiva kumar and Dalit MLC Motamma were among those who were denied seats. Many Congress leaders who failed to get a place in the ministry complained to party chief Sonia Gandhi.

[Read: Cong leadership asks CM to remain careful about corruption and favouritism]

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