Bengaluru, June 3 -- Congress MLA TB Jayachandra has said that the party's high command has finalised the schedule for ministers taking oath in the DK Shivakumar cabinet, with the first batch of ministers to take oath with Chief Minister Shivakumar, and the second batch of ministers to be inducted after June 18, after the Rajya Sabha elections are completed.

Speaking to ANI, Jayachandra said with Legislative Council and Rajya Sabha elections continuing till June 18, a second phase of cabinet expansion is likely only after that, following which a full government will be in place.

"The high command has finalised that DK Shivakumar will take over as the CM. I am told that the first batch of ministers is likely to take the oath with the Chi...