- By Priyanka Koul
- Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:48 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
- CM Shivakumar allocated portfolios to 19 new Karnataka ministers.
- Total cabinet strength now stands at 33 ministers.
- Key departments reshuffled among existing and new ministers.
Ten days after expanding his Cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday allocated portfolios to the 19 newly inducted ministers and reshuffled the departments of a few ministers who were already part of his Council of Ministers.
Shivakumar expanded his Cabinet on August 3 by inducting 19 ministers, taking the total strength of the Council of Ministers to 33.
The portfolio allocation came a day after the Congress leadership met in Delhi to finalise the departments for the newly inducted ministers. The meeting was chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
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B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan has been allocated the Housing portfolio, while Lakshman Savadi has been given charge of the Co-operation Department.
Rudrappa Manappa Lamani, who served as Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly until recently, has been appointed Minister for Sugar and Textiles.
Health Minister U T Khader has been given additional charge of Minority Welfare, Haj & Wakf.
Ramalinga Reddy has been shifted from the Major Irrigation Department to the Forest, Ecology and Environment Department.
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K H Muniyappa has been moved from Food and Civil Supplies to the Social Welfare Department.
Shivaraj Tangadagi has been assigned the portfolios of Backward Classes Welfare and Kannada and Culture.
The other portfolio allocations are as follows:
T Raghumurthy - ST Welfare; Ajay Singh - Minor Irrigation & Science and Technology; Cheluvarayaswamy - Major and Medium Irrigation; Madhu Bangarappa - Primary and Secondary Education; Basavaraj Raya Reddy - Higher Education; Shivalinge Gowda - Excise.
Puttaranga Shetty is Animal Husbandry and Sericulture Minister; Vijayananda Kashappanavar - Small Scale Industries, Public Enterprises; Santosh Lad - Labour and Employment; K.S.Basavanthappa - Muzrai, Fisheries, Ports and Inland Water; S S Mallikarjun - Mines and Geology, Horticulture; Rizwan Arshad - Food and Civil Supply, Consumer Affairs; Narendra Swamy - Agriculture; H.C. Balakrishna - Municipal Administration; and B Nagendra - Planning and Statistics.
( With PTI Inputs )