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Siddaramaiah & DK Shivakumar sworn in as Chief Minister & Deputy CM respectively
At today’s ceremony at Bengaluru’s Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Congress leader Siddaramaiah and KPCC president D K Shivakumar were sworn in as the new Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, respectively.
Other Congress MLAs were also sworn in as Ministers in the Siddaramaiah Cabinet. These were G Parameshwara, K H Muniyappa, K J George, M B Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy, and B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan.
Kamal Haasan, leader of the Makkal Needhi Maiam party, was in attendance at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru for the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected Karnataka government.
— Congress (@INCIndia) May 20, 2023
Several opposition party leaders, such as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, NCP leader Sharad Pawar, and Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, attended the swearing-in ceremony alongside Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Mallikarjun Kharge.
As Congress Party tweeted,
Heartfelt congratulations to Shri @siddaramaiah on becoming the Chief Minister of Karnataka and Shri @DKShivakumar on becoming the Deputy Chief Minister!
— Congress (@INCIndia) May 20, 2023
May your leadership bring progress & prosperity to the state of Karnataka. pic.twitter.com/B2efAtRj0n
