Ex-Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah secured over half a dozen cabinet berths for his loyalists in the DK Shivakumar-led government, including MB Patil, KJ George, Byrathi Suresh and KH Muniyappa, reports said. His son Yathindra was inducted into the Cabinet, while close ally G Parameshwara became Deputy CM. Siddaramaiah was elevated to the Congress Working Committee and will retain the CM bungalow.