Bengaluru: The swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers is set to be held in Raj Bhavan at 4 pm today.

As many as 13 legislators are set to take oath as ministers. Nine of them as Cabinet ministers and four as ministers of State will take the oath.

Kagodu Thimappa, Ramesh Kumar, Basavaraj Rayareddy, Tanveer Sait, M R Seetharam, Santhosh Lad, H Y Meti, Ramesh Jarkoholi and S S Mallikarjun will take oath as Cabinet ministers.

Priyank Khrage, Eshwar Khandre, Pramod Madhvraj and Rudrappa Lamani will take oath as ministers of State.

Kagodu eyes Revenue portfolio

Minister-designate Kagodu Thimappa said that he is ready to handle any portfolio.

‘Though I am interested in Revenue portfolio, I am not insisting on it. I will focus on giving transparent administration” he said.

MLA K B Koliwad will succeed Kagodu Thimappa as the assembly speaker.