List of Ministers to be sworn in with DKS to be finalised only June 3
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister-designate D.K. Shivakumar and caretaker Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: special arrangement The much-awaited list of names of leaders to be inducted into the Cabinet, along with D.K. Shivakumar, who will be sworn in on Wednesday evening, is likely to be announced by the Congress central leadership only on Wednesday morning. Multiple sources indicated that there could be between 10 and 15 Ministers who will be sworn in along with the Chief Minister, though agreement had not been arrived at till late on Tuesday. Hectic parleys While hectic parleys and lobbying that were witnessed in Delhi on Monday continued on Tuesday too, outgoing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Mr. Shivakumar left Delhi on Tuesday night after giving their preferences in the Cabinet to the central leadership. The two have been bargaining hard on Cabinet formation, creation of the Deputy Chief Minister’s post, and setting up coordination committee, among others, with the top Congress leadership. …







