Karnataka Welcomes New Govt: Siddaramaiah as CM, DKS as Dy CM and 8 Ministers take oath

Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru today while DK Shivakumar was sworn in as deputy CM. 

Besides 8 other Ministers also took oath including Dr G Parameshwara, KH Muniyapa, KJ George, MB Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan.

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Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy to all leaders at the swearing-in ceremony. 

Top brass of the Congress party including the Gandhi family members Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, and party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge were present on the occasion.

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The Chief Ministers of the Congress-ruled states including Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel attended the event. The party had also sent an invitation to numerous opposition parties and their leaders.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Deputy Tejashwi Yadav, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Farooq Abdullah were also present during the swearing-in ceremony.

Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan also attended the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected Karnataka Government in Bengaluru.

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