Congress MLAs Dr G Parameshwara, KH Muniyappa, KJ George, MB Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan are expected to take oath as the ministers in the state cabinet today.

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Sources said that on Friday, about 30 senior legislators have flown to New Delhi from Bengaluru International Airport to lobby for plum cabinet berths including Chittapur MLA Priyank Kharge, son of party President Mallikarjun Kharge.

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This was Priyank Kharge’s first electoral test after his father took over the reins of the Congress party.

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