NEW DELHI: Congress Legislative Party leader Siddaramaiah was sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka along with the Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state. 

The Oath of office was administered by Karnataka Governor Thawarchand Gehlot at Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Siddaramaiah on taking oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka. He also congratulated D.K Sivakumar for taking oath as Deputy Chief Minister. In a tweet, PM Modi said, “Congratulations to Shri @siddaramaiah Ji on taking oath as Karnataka CM and Shri @DKShivakumar  Ji on taking oath as Deputy CM. My best wishes for a fruitful tenure.”

Congress MLAs Dr G Parameshwara, KH Muniyappa, KJ George, MB Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan took oath as the ministers in the state cabinet today. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were present in the ceremony.

Congress National President Mallikarjuna Kharge and leader Rahul Gandhi were also present in the swearing-in ceremony.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejasvi Yadav, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath, former Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdulla and Mehbooba Mufti, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Congress National President Mallikarjuna Kharge, actor turned politician Kamal Hassan were present.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu were among the guests in the oath-taking ceremony.