Published: June 5, 2026 • 12:15 AM IST · Updated: June 5, 2026 • 1:32 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Portfolios were allocated for the newly-sworn in Ministers of D.K.
Shivakumar-led Karnataka Cabinet late on Thursday (June 5, 2026), after hours of uncertainty, intense negotiations and disgruntlement among some of the Ministers.
Shivakumar has kept Finance and let go of the most-contested and coveted Bengaluru Development portfolio, which he held as the Deputy Chief Minister.
It has been handed to Krishna Byre Gowda.
Senior Minister and eight-time legislator Ramalinga Reddy, who had sought the portfolio, has been given Major and Medium Irrigation portfolio.