Twenty-four Congress MLAs were sworn in as Cabinet ministers in the newly elected Karnataka government at the Vidhan Soudha on Saturday, 27 May.
The oath-taking ceremony was held in the presence of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy DK Shivakumar, and Governor Thawarchand Gehlot.
The leaders who have taken oath as ministers include Kanakagiri MLA Shivaraj Tangadagi, five-time Lingayat MLA Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, former KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, three-time MLA KN Rajanna, MLA and Dalit leader HC Mahadevappa, former JD(S) leader N Cheluvaraya Swamy, three-time minister Krishan Byregowda, and Congress leader HK Patil.