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June 6, 2026
“A total of 10 ministers apart from DK Shivakumar will take the oath on Wednesday in the new Cabinet in Karnataka and the remaining Cabinet expansion will take place later, sources said. Earlier in the day, the top brass of the Congress held deliberations with Karnataka chief minister-designate DK Shivakumar and incumbent Siddaramaiah to give final shape to the new cabinet that is set to be sworn in on June 3 in Bengaluru.
Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah participated in a meeting involving Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary organisation K C Venugopal and AICC general secretary-in-charge Karnataka Randeep Surjewala.
Shivakumar, who is also the Karnataka Congress president, is scheduled to be sworn in as chief minister along with some members of the Council of Ministers at 4.05 pm on June 3 at the Lok Bhavan premises. He was officially elected leader of the Congress Legislature Party in Karnataka on May 30.
