Karnataka Cabinet: On the eve of Monsoon Session, portfolios finally allocated

After days of deliberations — amid hectic lobbying for portfolios and makes an attempt by Congress legislators to get inducted into the Cupboard — the D.Okay. Shivakumar-led Congress authorities lastly managed to allocate ministries on the eve of the Monsoon Session to 19 newly inducted Ministers. Two senior Ministers, who had expressed unhappiness over earlier allocations, had been additionally given totally different portfolios.

Senior Minister Okay.H. Muniyappa, who was earlier miffed at being continued as Meals and Civil Provides Minister after he had sought Social Welfare, has managed to prevail over the celebration management. Ramalinga Reddy, who was upset at not being given Bengaluru Growth and as an alternative given Water Sources Ministry, has been allotted Forests, Ecology and Atmosphere. Apart from, Well being and Household Welfare Minister U.T. Khader has been given the extra accountability of Minority Welfare, Haj and Wakf.

The Chief Minister has retained the Legislation and Parliamentary Affairs apart from all different unallocated portfolios.

At a time when the State is dealing with challenges over deficit rainfall and the farming neighborhood is in misery, the Agriculture portfolio has been given to P.M. Narendraswamy, and the Main and Medium Irrigation portfolio has gone to N. Cheluvarayaswamy, each hailing from Mandya district. Puttaranga Shetty, from Chamarajanagar district, has been allotted Animal Husbandry and Sericulture.

The portfolio allocation from the Governor’s workplace got here on Wednesday (August 12, 2026) night because the Ministers huddled to strategise for the legislature session commencing on Thursday (August 13, 2026). The newly inducted Ministers with their portfolios could have their first full Cupboard assembly on Thursday (August 13, 2026) afternoon.

The allocation comes at the same time as the federal government will likely be headed to the session with out a girl Minister, although the Chief Minister has promised that the remaining one berth will likely be stuffed by a lady legislator. The portfolio allocation took Mr. Shivakumar almost 10 days to finalise after a number of visits to Delhi, conferences with disgruntled legislators who missed out on berths, and strain from the Ministers for portfolio.

A few of the Ministers have been continued in the identical portfolios that they’d held within the earlier authorities beneath former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. They embrace B.Z. Zameer Ahmed (Housing), Madhu Bangarappa (College Training and Literacy), Shivaraj Tangadagi (Backward Lessons Welfare and Kannada and Tradition), Santosh Lad (Labour and Employment), and S.S. Mallikarjun (Mines and Geology).

Some Ministers have gotten portfolios which they dealt with earlier. Basavaraj Rayaraddi has been given Greater Training, which he had held in Mr. Siddaramaiah’s first tenure as Chief Minister, and Laxman Savadi has been given Cooperation, which he managed earlier throughout his stint as Minister within the BJP authorities.

Okay.S. Basanthappa, a first-time legislator from Mayakonda, has been given Muzrai, Fisheries, Ports, and Inland Water. B. Nagendra, who has been within the eye of the storm over his instances related with multi-crore embezzlement within the Karnataka State Valmiki Growth Company and whose resignation the Opposition events are demanding, has been allotted Planning and Statistics.

Meals and Civil Provides and Client Affairs has been handed to Rizwan Arshad, Excise to Okay.M. Shivalinge Gowda, Minor Irrigation, Science and Know-how to Ajay Singha, Scheduled Tribe Welfare to T. Raghumurthy, Sugar and Textiles to Rudrappa Lamani, Municipal Administration to H.C. Balakrishna, and Small Scale Industries and Public Enterprises to Vijayanand Kashappanavar.