The list of ministers to take oath on Saturday includes HK Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, HC Mahadevappa, Eshwar Khandre, Kyathasandra N Rajanna, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, Timmapur Ramappa Balappa, SS Mallikarjun, Tangadagi
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has sought time to meet Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi to seek NCP's support against the Centre's ordinance on control of administrative services in the national capital.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is in the national capital to meet the opposition leaders in an effort to stitch opposition unity, on Monday called on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi.
This comes after the Bihar CM met his Delhi counterpart on Sunday amid the row over the Centre's ordinance regarding the 'control of services' in the national capital.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank Kharge, party's MLAs G Parameshwara and MB Patil were among the eight MLAs who were sworn in as Ministers at the oath-taking ceremony today.
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the Chief Minister and his Cabinet at the swearing-in ceremony scheduled to be held at Bengaluru's Kanteerava Stadium at around 12:30 PM.
With all set for the Karnataka government formation after days of deliberations, Congress on Thursday invited the leaders of like-minded parties to the swearing-in ceremony of the chief minister and deputy chief minister scheduled on May 20, sources said on Thursday.
Congress leader DK Shivakumar, who was announced to be sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, on Thursday said that there was nothing to be upset about and there is a "long way to go".