Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai announces his cabinet: no Deputy CM keeps promises

Last updated on August 9th, 2021 at 10:02 am

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has announced his expanded cabinet on Wednesday, roughly a week after his taking office. CM Bommai inducted 29 ministers into his cabinet. 23 of them are retentions from predecessor B S Yediyurappa’s government, while six are new appointments. 

This time Karnataka does not have any Deputy Chief Minister. Former Deputy CMs Govind M Karjol and C N Ashwathnarayan were sworn in as ministers in Bommai’s cabinet. Ahead of the induction ceremony, Bommai addressed the media in Bengaluru. He said, “Last time, under the cabinet headed by (BS) Yediyurappa, we had three Deputy CMs. This time, the High Command has decided not to have any Deputy CM.” 

Before swearing-in of new ministers, Bommai had rejected speculations that no senior members would be included in the cabinet. He said, “We need both experience and enthusiasm.” “We also need to deliver good governance immediately. The selection has been done accordingly,” he said adding that 2023 assembly elections were also a factor that governed the list. 

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Sashikala Jolle is the only woman in the 29 minister cabinet of the Chief Minister. 

Bommai also kept his promise and included 10 MLAs who had quit Congress – JD(S) coalition and joined BJP in 2019. 

The full list of CM Basavaraj Bommai’s cabinet in Karnataka: 

1) Govind M Karjol (Mudhol assembly constituency, Bagalkot district)

2) KS Eshwarappa (Shivamogga)

3) R Ashok (Padmanabhanagar, Bengaluru)

4) B Sreeramulu (Molakalmuru, Chitradurga)

5) V Somanna (Govindarajanagar, Bengaluru district)

6) Umesh Katti (Hukkeri, Belagavi district)

7) S Angara (Sullia, Dakshina Kannada district)

8) J C Madhuswamy (Chikkanayakanahalli, Tumakuru district)

9) Araga Jnanendra (Theerthahalli, Shivamogga district)

10) C N Ashwathnarayan (Malleshwaram, Bengaluru district)

11) C C Patil (Nargund, Gadag district)

12) Anand Singh (Hospet, Vijayanagara district)

13) Kota Srinivasa Poojary (MLC)

14) Prabhu Chavan (Aurad, Bidar)

15) Murugesh Nirani (Bilgi, Bagalkot district)

16) Shivaram Hebbar (Yellapur, Uttara Kannada district)

17) S T Somasekhar (Yeshwanthpur, Bengaluru district)

18) B C Patil (Hirekerur, Haveri district)

19) Byrathi Basavaraj (KR Puram, Bengaluru district)

20) K Sudhakar (Chikkballapura)

21) K Gopalaiah (Mahalakshmi Layout, Bengaluru district)

22) Shashikala Jolle (Nipani, Belagavi district)

23) M T B Nagaraj (MLC)

24) K C Narayana Gowda (Krishnarajpet, Mandya district)

25) B C Nagesh (Tiptur, Tumakuru district)

26) Sunil Kumar (Karkala, Udupi district)

27) Halappa Achar (Yelburga, Koppal district)

28) Shankar Basanagouda Patil Munenakoppa (Navalgund, Dharwad district)

29) N Muniratna (R R Nagar, Bengaluru district)