K’taka: 19 ministers sworn into Shivakumar’s cabinetBengaluru: Nineteen legislators were sworn in as Cabinet Ministers in the Congress government led by Chief Minister D.K. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers in the presence of Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara and other dignitaries. Five-time MLA H.C. Balakrishna, a close associate of Chief Minister Shivakumar, took oath in the name of God. Basavanthappa, representing the reserved Mayakonda constituency in Davangere district, took oath in the name of Jagajyothi Basaveshwara.