Bengaluru, June 3 -- A fresh batch of ministers was officially inducted into the New Karnataka cabinet alongside DK Shivakumar after he was sworn in as the Chief Minister and G Parameshwara as the Deputy CM.

Alongside the Chief Minister and his deputy CM, 12 other prominent party leaders, including KH Muniyappa, KJ George, MB Patil, Ramalinga Reddy, Satish Jarkiholi, Krishna Byre Gowda, Priyank Kharge, UT Khader, Eshwara Khandre, Yathindra Siddaramaiah, Byrathi Suresh, and Sharan Prakash Patil, took their oaths.

This is expected to be the initial list of ministers, with further cabinet appointments likely to be announced in the near future.

While the cabinet includes several experienced ministers returning to office under Shivakumar, t...