Kumaraswamy becomes steel minister, expresses gratitude to Modi

JD(S) chief and former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy.

Bengaluru: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for appointing him as Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries in the union government.

The former Karnataka chief minister took oath as the Cabinet Minister in the NDA government headed by Modi on Sunday.

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“I am deeply grateful to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri @narendramodi , for appointing me as the Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, in its third consecutive term,” Kumaraswamy posted on ‘X’.

ಸತತವಾಗಿ 3ನೇ ಅವಧಿಗೆ ಕೇಂದ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದಿರುವ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಪ್ರಜಾಸತ್ತಾತ್ಮಕ ಒಕ್ಕೂಟದ (NDA) ಸರಕಾರದ ಸಂಪುಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾನ್ಯ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀ @narendramodi ಅವರು ನನಗೆ ಉಕ್ಕು ಮತ್ತು ಬೃಹತ್ ಕೈಗಾರಿಕೆ ಖಾತೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು, ಅವರಿಗೆ ನನ್ನ ತುಂಬು ಹೃದಯದ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು.

I am deeply grateful to the Hon'ble Prime…
— ಹೆಚ್.ಡಿ.ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ | H.D.Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) June 10, 2024

The 64-year-old Vokkaliga leader had earlier made no secret of his desire to become Agriculture Minister.

Kumaraswamy defeated Venkataramane Gowda of the Congress by a margin of 2,84,620 votes in the Mandya Lok Sabha segment.