Second Siddaramaiah ministry

The Second Siddaramaiah ministry was sworn in on 20 May 2023. The Governor of Karnataka Thawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office to the members of the council of ministers.

Second Siddaramaiah ministry
34th Ministry of Karnataka
Siddaramaiah
Date formed	20 May 2023
People and organisations
Head of state	Thawarchand Gehlot
Head of government	Siddaramaiah
Deputy head of government	D. K. Shivakumar
No. of ministers	34
Total no. of members	34
Member parties	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority 140 / 224 (63%) (Legislative Assembly)
Opposition cabinet	84 / 224 (38%) JD (S) 11 / 224 (5%) Vacant (Legislative Assembly)
Opposition party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Opposition leader	R. Ashoka (Assembly) Chaluvadi Narayanaswamy (Council)
History
Election	2023
Outgoing election	2023
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Basavaraj Bommai ministry

Background

The ceremony was held at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in presence of various leaders from Congress and other parties.^[1][2] Total 10 MLAs from Indian National Congress took oath as cabinet ministers.^[3][4][5][6]

Council of Ministers[7]

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Department	Party
1.	Siddaramaiah Chief Minister	Varuna	Finance Cabinet Affairs Personnel and Administrative Reforms Intelligence Information and Public Relation Youth Services Sports S.T. Welfare Other Departments not allocated to any minister	INC
2.	D. K. Shivakumar Deputy Chief Minister	Kanakapura	Major and Medium irrigation Bengaluru City Development including BBMP, BDA, BWSSB, BMRDA, BMRCL (Connected to these authorities related to Town Planning).	INC
3.	G. Parameshwara	Kortagere	Home (excluding Intelligence)	INC
4.	H. K. Patil	Gadag	Law Parliamentary Affairs Legislation Tourism	INC
5.	K. H. Muniyappa	Devanahalli	Food & Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs	INC
6.	K. J. George	Sarvagnanagar	Energy	INC
7.	M. B. Patil	Babaleshwar	Large & Medium Industries Infrastructure Development	INC
8.	Ramalinga Reddy	B.T.M Layout	Transport MUZRAI	INC
9.	Satish Jarkiholi	Yemkanmardi	Public works Department	INC
10.	Priyank Kharge	Chittapur	Rural Development Panchayati Raj IT & BT	INC
11.	B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan	Chamrajpet	Housing Waqf Minorities	INC
12.	Krishna Byre Gowda	Byatarayanapura	Revenue (excluding Muzrai)	INC
13.	Dinesh Gundu Rao	Gandhi Nagar	Health & Family Welfare	INC
14.	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy	Nagamangala	Agriculture	INC
15.	K. Venkatesh	Periyapatna	Animal Husbandry Sericulture	INC
16.	H. C. Mahadevappa	Tirumakudalu Narasipura	Social Welfare	INC
17.	Eshwara Khandre	Bhalki	Forest Ecology Environment	INC
18.	Sharanabasappa Darshanapur	Shahapur	Small Scale Industries Public Enterprises	INC
19.	Shivanand Patil	Basavana Bagevadi	Textiles Sugarcane Development & Directorate of Sugar Agricultural Marketing	INC
20.	R. B. Timmapur	Mudhol	Excise	INC
21.	S. S. Mallikarjun	Davanagere North	Mines & Geology Horticulture	INC
22.	Shivaraj Tangadagi	Kanakagiri	Backward class Kannada & Culture	INC
23.	Sharan Prakash Patil	Sedam	Medical Education Skill Development	INC
24.	M. S. Vaidya	Bhatkal	Fisheries & Ports Inland Transport	INC
25.	Lakshmi Hebbalkar	Belgaum Rural	Women & Child Development Disabled & Senior Citizens Empowerment	INC
26.	Rahim Khan	Bidar	Municipal Administration Haj	INC
27.	D. Sudhakar	Hiriyur	Planning & Statistics	INC
28.	Santosh Lad	Kalghatgi	Labour	INC
29.	N. S. Boseraju	MLC	Minor Irrigation Science & Technology	INC
30.	Byrathi Suresh	Hebbal	Urban Development & Town Planning (including KUWSDB & KUIDFC) (excluding Bengaluru City Development)	INC
31.	Madhu Bangarappa	Sorab	Primary & Secondary Education	INC
32.	M. C. Sudhakar	Chintamani	Higher Education	INC

Former Ministers

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Department	Party		Reason	Ref.
1.	B. Nagendra	Bellary Rural	Youth Services Sports ST Welfare	INC		Resigned amid allegations of the illegal transfer of money from the State-run Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited.	[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
2.	K. N. Rajanna	Madhugiri	Cooperation excluding Agricultural Marketing	INC		KN Rajanna resigned after the Congress high command demanded action against him for publicly criticising Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Vote Chori’ allegation. He had questioned why the party remained silent about alleged voter list irregularities that, he said, occurred during the Congress government’s own tenure in Karnataka.	[13] [14]

Demographics of Cabinet Ministers

Representation of cabinet ministers by district

1. Bagalkot (2.94%)
2. Bangalore Urban (17.6%)
3. Bangalore Rural (2.94%)
4. Belagavi (5.88%)
5. Bellary (2.94%)
6. Bijapur (5.88%)
7. Bidar (5.88%)
8. Chikkaballapura (2.94%)
9. Chitradurga (2.94%)
10. Davanagere (2.94%)
11. Dharwad (2.94%)
12. Gadag (2.94%)
13. Gulbarga (5.88%)
14. Koppal (2.94%)
15. Mandya (2.94%)
16. Mysore (8.82%)
17. Raichur (2.94%)
18. Ramanagara (2.94%)
19. Shimoga (2.94%)
20. Tumkur (5.88%)
21. Uttara Kannda (2.94%)
22. Yadgir (2.94%)

District	Cabinet Ministers	Name of ministers
Bagalkot	1	R. B. Timmapur
Bangalore Urban	6	K. J. George B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan Ramalinga Reddy Byrathi Suresh Dinesh Gundu Rao Krishna Byre Gowda
Bangalore Rural	1	K. H. Muniyappa
Belgaum	2	Satish Jarkiholi Lakshmi Hebbalkar
Bellary	1	B. Nagendra
Bidar	2	Eshwara Khandre Rahim Khan
Bijapur	2	Shivanand Patil M. B. Patil
Chamarajanagar
Chikkaballapura	1	M. C. Sudhakar
Chikmagalur
Chitradurga	1	D. Sudhakar
Dakshina Kannada
Davanangere	1	S. S. Mallikarjun
Dharwad	1	Santosh Lad
Gadag	1	H. K. Patil
Gulbarga	2	Priyank Kharge Sharan Prakash Patil
Hassan
Haveri
Kodagu
Kolar
Koppal	1	Shivaraj Tangadagi
Mandya	1	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy
Mysore	3	Siddaramaiah H. C. Mahadevappa K. Venkatesh
Raichur	1	N. S. Boseraju
Ramanagara	1	D. K. Shivakumar
Shimoga	1	Madhu Bangarappa
Tumkur	1	G. Parameshwara
Udupi
Uttara Kannada	1	Mankal Vaidya
Yadgir	1	Sharanabasappa Darshanapur
Total	34	—

See also

• Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Karnataka Legislative Council
• 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election