New Delhi, June 3 -- Senior Congress leader G Parameshwara on Wednesday took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka in DK Shivakumar's Cabinet.

Parameshwara, earlier on Wednesday, dismissed suggestions that his experience had been overlooked or that he had been treated unfairly.

Parameshwara, who was among the leaders considered for the top post, said the party leadership had entrusted him with a significant responsibility and that he fully accepted the decision taken by the Congress high command.

"There is absolutely no question of my experience being overlooked," Parameshwara said, according to PTI.

Born on 6 August 1951 in Gollahalli, a village in Tumkur that is now known as Siddartha Nagar, Parameshwara is the son of Ganga...