Karnataka CM inducts 17 ministers in first Cabinet expansion

Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa expands his ministry for the first time after assuming office on July 26. The new ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Vajubhai Vala at the Raj Bhavan.

Bengaluru: More than three weeks after he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday expanded his ministry by inducting 17 ministers into his Cabinet.

This is the first Cabinet expansion after he assumed office on July 26 and proved his government's majority on the floor of the Assembly on July 29.

C N Ashwath Narayan take oath as Karnataka Cabinet Ministers, in Bengaluru.

The new ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Vajubhai Vala at the Raj Bhavan here.

KS Eshwarappa, takes oath as Karnataka Cabinet Minister, in Bengaluru.

They include former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, two former deputy Chief Ministers K S Eshwarappa and R Ashoka, independent MLA H Nagesh and Laxman Sangappa Savadi, who is not a member of the Assembly or Council, and MLC Kota Srinivas Poojari.

Govind M Karjol take oath as Karnataka Cabinet Ministers, in Bengaluru.

Others sworn in were Govind M Karajol, Ashwath Narayan C N, B Sreeramulu, S Suresh Kumar, V Somanna, C T Ravi, Basavaraj Bommai, J C Madhu Swamy, C C Patil, Prabhu Chauhan and Shashikala Jolle Annasaheb, who is the only woman Cabinet Minister.

Karnataka can have a maximum of 34 ministers, including the Chief Minister.