Karnataka cabinet portfolios allocated, but disgruntlement remains

Key points

• 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.