Karnataka finally has a cabinet with 17 ministers taking oath today, three weeks after the collapse of the previous Congress-Janata Dal coalition government had been sworn in by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.Criticized by Congress and JDS for delaying the appointment of ministers, the chief minister suggested to Governor Vajubhai Vala on Monday the names of 17 MLAs including KS Eshwarappa, Jagdish Shettar, CT Ravi and Basavaraj Bommai.

Govind Makthappa Karajol, Dr Ashwath Narayan C N, Laxman Sangappa Savadi, R Ashoka, B Sreeramulu, Suresh Kumar, V Somanna, Kota Shrinivas Poojari, J C Madhu Swamy, Chandrakantagouda Channappagouda Patil, H Ganesh, Prabhu Chauhan, and Jolle Shashikala Annasaheb are those who have been made ministers today.