Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expanded his cabinet, inducting 24 ministers As many as eight ministers have already taken oath of office along with the chief minister and his deputy on May 20. They were Dr G Parameshwara, KH Muniyappa, KJ George, MB Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan
The chief minister kept finance, intelligence and other portfolios, while his deputy DK Shivakumar was allocated Bengaluru city development along with major and medium irrigation.

HK Patil was allotted law and parliamentary affairs, while sole Brahmin minister Dinesh Gundu Rao got health and family welfare. Revenue (excluding Muzrai) was assigned to Krishan Byre Gowda, according to people familiar with the matter.This cabinet expansion brings the total strength of the cabinet to 34, the maximum number allowed under the law. The oath-taking ceremony for the ministers ended at around 1:30 pm at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru. This comes after hectic parleys by both CM Siddaramaiah and deputy CM Shivakumar in the national capital with the party high command for the last three days.

The 24 ministers are: H.K. Patil, Krishna Byre Gowda, N. Cheluvarayaswamy, K. Venkatesh, H.C. Mahadevappa, Eshwar Khandre, Kyathasandra N. Rajanna, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, Timmapur Ramappa Balappa, S. S. Mallikarjun, Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa, Sharanaprakash Rudrappa, Patil Mankal Vaidya, Laxmi R. Hebbalkar, Rahim Khan, D. Sudhakar, Santhosh S. Lad, N.S. Boseraju, Suresha B.S., Madhu Bangarappa, Dr. M.C. Sudhakar and B. Nagendra.