Five MPs from Karnataka are likely to take oath today. Joshi is expected to receive a cabinet portfolio: Sources 

New Delhi: Five MPs from Karnataka are likely to take oath as ministers this evening. Prime Minister-designate Modi will be sworn in as PM for the third time. Sources said that five MPs from Karnataka are likely to receive ministerial berths. 

Sources also mentioned that Dharwad MP Pralhad Joshi, Mandya MP HD Kumaraswamy, Rajya Sabha member Nirmala Sitharaman are likely to take oath as cabinet-rank ministers, while Tumakuru MP V Somanna and Bengaluru North MP Shobha Karandlaje are likely to be inducted as Ministers of State.