Karnataka: 29 ministers inducted, No Dy CM

In Karnataka, 29 Ministers were inducted in the Basavaraj Bommai cabinet on Wednesday. Among the BJP MLAs who took oath were R Ashok, B Sriramulu, Govind Karjol and KS Eshwarappa. The legislators were administered the oath of office by Karnataka Governer Thawar Chand Gehlot at a swearing-in ceremony held at Raj Bhavan.  23 were ministers in the previous B S Yediyurappa cabinet and six are new. The fresh faces are V Sunil Kumar (Karkala), Araga Jnanendra (Thirthahalli), Munirathna (R R Nagar), Halappa Achar (Yelburga), Shankar Patil Munenkopp (Navalgunda) and B C Nagesh (Tiptur). The sanctioned strength of the Karnataka cabinet is 34. Bommai had taken oath as the Chief Minister on July 28.

According to information, among the ministers in the new cabinet are 8 Lingayats, 7 Vokkaligas, 7 OBCs, 3 SCs, 2 Brahmins, 1 ST and 1 Reddy, and a woman. Bommai has also inducted 10 MLAs who had joined BJP after quitting Congress-JD(S) coalition in 2019.  Bommai had announced earlier that there will be no Deputy Chief Ministers this time. He also said former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's younger son and state BJP Vice President BY Vijayendra is not among the ministers sworn-in Wednesday. The new cabinet will respond to the needs of the people, earn their trust and give good governance, he said.