However, Gayathri Shanthegowda, an MLC, whose name was on the final list cleared by the Congress high command, was not sworn in on Monday, leaving the Karnataka cabinet without a woman minister. Shivakumar’s cabinet colleagues, AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala and state Congress President BK Hariprasad attended the swearing-in. Shivakumar was sworn-in as the CM along with 13 ministers on June 3, following Siddaramaiah’s resignation as CM on May 28. Interestingly, several senior legislators who were part of Siddaramaiah’s Cabinet, including H C Mahadevappa, HK Patil, Dinesh Gundu Rao, K Venkatesh, M C Sudhakar, Laxmi Hebbalkar have been left out. Former Deputy CM Laxman Savadi and Shivalinge Gowda, who joined Congress from the BJP and JD(S) respectively, ahead of the 2023 Assembly polls, are now Ministers.