Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai expanded his cabinet on Wednesday, 4 August.
Among those inducted into the cabinet are seven Vokkaliga leaders, eight Lingayat leaders, three Scheduled Caste leaders, one Scheduled Tribe leader and seven OBC leaders. One woman leader and one Reddy leader too was inducted into the cabinet.
Former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's son BY Vijayendra did not make it to the cabinet. The oath taking took place at 2.15 pm.
Among those who took oath were Govind Karjol, K S Eshwarappa, R Ashoka, B Sriramulu, V Somanna, Umesh Katti, S Angara, J C Madhav Swamy, Araga Jnanendra, Ashwath Narayana, CC Patil, Murugesh Nirani, Shashikala Jolle, Prabhu Chauhan, ST Somashekar, BC Patil, Byrathi Basavaraju, K Sudhakar and K Gopalaiah. While some ministers took oath in the name of farmers, Chauhan took oath in the name of Gau Mata.