Bengaluru sources stated that a party leader said the Congress' Karnataka President G. Parameshwara would be the Deputy Chief Minister in the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)-Congress coalition government. The Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal told reporters "Party President Rahul Gandhi has approved the name of Parameshwara for the Deputy Chief Minister post in the coalition government".
As per reports Parameshwara took oath after JD-S legislative party leader H.D. Kumarswamy sworn-in as the Chief Minister by Governor Vajubhai Vala on Wednesday evening on the grand steps of state secretariat Vidhana Soudha. Meanwhile K.R. Ramesh of the Congress will be the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Congress leader said. "Deputy Speaker will be from the JD-S". Accordingly movies Deputy Speaker will be named on Thursday and names of the cabinet ministers and their portfolios will be announced after the floor test in the hung House.
Moreover the 34 member ministry will have 22 cabinet ministers from the
Congress and 12 from the JD-S. Media reports added that the JD-S-Congress
coalition government has 117 members, including one from regional party
Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janata Paksha (KPJP) and an Independent.
