(L to R) JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy with senior BJP leaders Amit Shah and Pralhad Joshi.
Credit: PTI Photo
New Delhi: Five leaders from Karnataka including senior BJP leader Pralhad Joshi are likely to take oath as Cabinet ministers on Sunday.
The Members of Parliament (MPs) likely to take oath as members of the Council of Ministers include Rajya Sabha member Nirmala Sitharaman, Bengaluru North Lok Sabha member Shobha Karandlaje and Tumakuru Lok Sabha member V Somanna from BJP.
Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy who is the Mandya Lok Sabha member will also join the Union Cabinet today since he is an alliance partner. All MPs who will be part of the Council of Ministers attended the tea programme at the PM’s residence in New Delhi at 11.30 am.
Oath taking ceremony will take place at Raashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening at 7.15 pm.
Hubballi-Dharwad Lok Sabha member Joshi served as Parliamentary Affairs minister, Coal minister in Modi government. Nirmala Sitharaman served as Finance Minister, while Shobha Karandlaje served as Minister of state for Agriculture.
Shobha Karandlaje will represent Vokkaliga community from Karnataka once inducted in the Cabinet, while Somanna will represent the Lingayat community, sources in the BJP said.
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