Bengaluru: Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar on Saturday took oath as the Chief Minister and Deputy CM along with eight cabinet colleagues.
All the Ministers who took oath have a rich experience in politics and have earlier served the party and governments in various capacities.
Siddaramaiah: Born on August 3, 1947 Siddaramaiah, has entered the assembly for the 9th time. He is currently representing Varuna constituency which he had earlier won in 2008 and 2013. While he won Badami in the last election (2018), he had served as the MLA of Chamundeshwari in 1983, 1985, 1994, 2004 and 2006.
Siddaramaiah who was earlier with Janata Parivar had also served as the Deputy CM as JD(S) MLA from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2004 to 2005.
Siddaramaiah who quit the JD(S) joined Congress in 2006. He won the by-election from Chamundeshwari. In 2013 when Congress came to power, he became the CM and served for five years.
Siddaramiah hails from Siddaramanahundi of Mysuru district and did his BSc and LLB from Mysuru University.
DK Shivakumar: DK Shivakumar, who is also the chief of Pradesh Congress Committee hails from Kanakapura. He has entered the assembly for the eight consecutive time. DK Shi, as he is popularly known, first entered the assembly in 1989 as Congress MLA from Sathanur constituency. He won the seat again in the 1994, 1999 and 2004 election. He is the MLA representing Kanakapura since the 2008 election.
Shivakumar is known to have helped the party on various occasions.
A close confidante of Gandhi family, Shivakumar is serving as the KPCC chief since 2020 and has to his credit bringing Congress back to power with a huge majority. He has served as the Minister of Prisons and Homeguards, Urban Development, Energy, Major Irrigation and Medical Education.
Dr G Parameshwara: Parameshwara, a senior leader who had earlier served as the President of KPCC and Deputy Chief Minister took oath as a cabinet minister today. He won his first election from Madhugiri in 1989. On his entry to assembly, he was inducted into the ministry. He served as the Minister of State for Sericulture in Veerappa Moily cabinet. He won the seat again in 1999 by a record margin of 55,802, the highest margin in the state in the election. This time he served as the Minister of State (Independent charge) and later was promoted as cabinet minister and served under various capacities.
He won the 2004 election from Madhugiri and 2008 election from Koratagere. However, he lost in the 2013 election. Meanwhile in 2010 he was appointed as the KPCC Chief. He played a major role in organizing Padayatras and bringing Congress to power in 2013.
Parameshwara entered the Legislative Council in 2014 and served as the Home Minister in Siddaramaiah government. He won Koratagere in 2018 and served as the Deputy CM in the JD(S)-Congress coalition government. He has won the constituency again for the Congress this election.
KH Muniyappa: Kambadahalli Hanumappa Muniyappa, who took oath today as the cabinet minister is a senior leader with rich experience. He has represented Kolar as MP for seven times.
He won the Kolar Lok Sabha seat for Congress in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and again in 2014. He had also served as the Union Minister in the UPA government. After he lost the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Muniyappa entered the state politics by winning the Devanahalli seat in the recently concluded election. A confidante of Gandhi family, Muniyappa has now entered the state cabinet.
KJ George: Kelachandra Joseph George popularly known as KJ George had served as the Home Minister in the Siddaramaiah government.
He entered Assembly in 1985 from Bharathinagar constituency. He won the seat again in 1989. He won the Sarvagnanagar seat in 2008, 2013, 2018. He has again entered the Assembly in 2023.
George has also held portfolios of Bengaluru Development and Town Planning, Transport, Food and Civil Supplies, Housing and Urban Development in various governments.
MB Patil: Mallanagouda Basanagouda Patil, is an influential Lingayat leader and a close aide of Siddaramaiah. He represents Yamakanmardi seat of Vijayapura district.
In the previous Siddaramiah led Congress government, he had served as the Water Resources Minister. He has rich experience as the member of Assembly and also Member of Parliament. Patil is an Engineering degree holder entered
Satish Jarkiholi: An MLA from Yamakanmardi of Belagavi district, Jarkiholi is an influential Congress leader. He is currently one of the working presidents of KPCC. From a prominent sugarcane-growing family, Jarkiholi has represented the constituency since 2008. He had served as the Minister of Forest, Ecology and Environment in the JD(S)- Congress coalition government.
He had also served as the Minister of Small-scale industries and Excise in Siddaramaiah cabinet.
Priyank Kharge: Son of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyank is serving as the MLA of Chittapur of Kalaburagi district for the third time.
Priyank entered assembly in 2013 from Chittapur, the constituency which was earlier represented by his father. In 2016, at the age of 38, he took charge as the Minister of IT, BT and Tourism in Siddaramaiah government. He was again inducted into the cabinet in the JD(S)-Congress coalition where he served as the Social Welfare Minister.
This is his third term as MLA.
Ramalinga Reddy: Ramalinga Reddy, who is presently the working president of KPCC represents BTM Layout constituency of Bengaluru.
He won the constituency for eight terms from 1989 to 2023. He has served as Minister of Food and Civil Supplies and Bengaluru City Development in SM Krishna’s cabinet, Primary and Secondary education minister in Dharam Singh led government and as Transport and Home Minister in Congress government under Siddaramaiah.
BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan: Zameer has been an MLA from Chamrajpet in Bengaluru since 2005. He became MLA in 2005 from Chamrajpet with JD(S) ticket. He won the seat again in 2008 and 2013. In 2018 he joined Congress.
He has served as the Minister of Haj and Waqf in the JD(S)-BJP coalition government.
