Modi 3.0: Nirmala Sitharaman, HD Kumaraswamy among ministers from Karnataka in new Central government

Both Nirmala Sitharaman and HD Kumaraswamy are expectedly with Cabinet ranks

Modi 3.0: Nirmala Sitharaman, HD Kumaraswamy among ministers from Karnataka in new Central government
(File) Former Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. PTI

Karnataka could get five ministerial positions with the shining minister being Nirmala Sitharaman.

Karnataka

1. Nirmala Sitharaman

Rank: Cabinet

Portfolio:

Born on 18 August, 1959, Nirmala Sitharaman, held the dual portfolio of Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs in the last Indian government. She is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and represents Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha, having served previously as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2016.

Sitharaman made history as the 28th Defence Minister of India from 2017 to 2019, becoming the second woman to hold the position. She is also the second female Finance Minister of India, following Indira Gandhi, and the first woman to serve as a full-time finance minister. Her political career in the Modi administration began as a junior minister, where she held multiple roles from 2014 to 2017. Initially, she served as the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs and later took on the role of Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry until her elevation to senior cabinet positions.