Shivakumar-led Congress Government finally managed to allocate portfolios on the eve of the Monsoon session to the 19 newly inducted Ministers. The portfolios of two senior Ministers, who had expressed ire in public over the allocation earlier, have seen changes in their portfolio. Besides, Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. The newly inducted Ministers with their portfolios will have their first full Cabinet meeting on Thursday (August 13, 2026) afternoon. The portfolio allocation took Mr. Shivakumar nearly ten days to finalise after multiple visits to Delhi, meetings with disgruntled legislators who missed out on cabinet berths and pressure from the Ministers for portfolio.