Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Expands Cabinet, 28 Ministers Sworn in -Saturday May 18,2013

On Saturday May 18,2013 Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah expanded his ministry with the induction of 28 Ministers(5 days after he was sworn-in)

Twenty were sworn in as Cabinet M inisters and the remaining eight as ministers of state by governor H R Bhardwaj at Glass House in Raj Bhavan, in the presence of Siddaramaiah and KPCC President G Parameshwara. The Cabinet Ministers are -                                                                                                                                RV Deshpande, Qamar-ul-Islam, Prakash B Hukkeri, Ramalinga Reddy, TB Jayachandra, B Ramanath Rai, HK Patil, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, V Srinivasa Prasad, HC Mahadevappa, KJ George, HS Mahadeva Prasad, MH Ambarish, Vinay Kumar Sorake, Baburao Chinchanasur, UT Khadar, Satish Jarkiholi, MB Patil, H Anjaneya and Shivaraj S Thangadagi.
  The Ministers of State are - Abhaychandra Jain, Dinesh Gundurao, Krishna Byregowda, Sharana Prakash Patil, Santosh Lad, Kimmane Ratnakar, Umashree and PT Parameshwar Naik.