Bengaluru, June 8 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today stepped in to pacify the MLAs of ally Congress, who were unhappy with the cabinet expansion, and asked the Congress’ central leadership to act immediately to find a solution.
The chief minister met M B Patil, a prominent state Congress leader under whose leadership a section of dissatisfied legislators have been holding meetings.
Kumaraswamy said Patil had told him that he was not alone and would take a decision after consulting other like-minded MLAs, adding, “I have gathered his feelings; I request Delhi leaders (Congress) to immediately act to find a solution.”
Ahead of Kumaraswamy’s visit, senior Congress leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister and Pradesh Congress Chief G Parameshwara, Ministers D K Shivakumar, K J George and R V Deshpande, met Patil at his residence to mollify him.
A group of disgruntled MLAs, including M T B Nagaraj, Satish Jarkiholi, Sudhakar and Roshan Baig, among others, had yesterday met at Patil’s residence.
Terming the chief minister’s meeting with him as a “courtesy visit”, M B Patil said it is “an internal development” in the Congress and Kumaraswamy cannot do anything in this issue.
Patil said he was not alone. “Several of them, about 15 to 20 of us (MLAs)are together, we will take decision together.
“Let there be no wrong informClarifying that none of the MLAs have any intention about quitting the party, Patil said all legislators would meet and discuss, and there was nothing wrong in it.
Asked whether he was heading the disgruntled legislators, he said, “We are a team. I’m no senior or no junior. We fifteen-twenty people are all equals. Whatever decision happens, it will be of the team.”
The JDS-Congress cabinet was expanded on June 6 with the induction of 25 new ministers, after intense bargaining for ministerial berths.
The Congress has dropped several key members of the previous Siddaramaiah ministry, including M B Patil, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Ramalinga Reddy, R Roshan Baig, H K Patil, Tanvir Sait, Shamanur Sivashankarappaand, Satish Jarkhiholi, from the coalition government. Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today stepped in to pacify the MLAs of ally Congress, who were unhappy with the cabinet expansion, and asked the Congress’ central leadership to act immediately to find a solution.
The chief minister met M B Patil, a prominent state Congress leader under whose leadership a section of dissatisfied legislators have been holding meetings.
Kumaraswamy said Patil had told him that he was not alone and would take a decision after consulting other like-minded MLAs, adding, “I have gathered his feelings; I request Delhi leaders (Congress) to immediately act to find a solution.”
Ahead of Kumaraswamy’s visit, senior Congress leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister and Pradesh Congress Chief G Parameshwara, Ministers D K Shivakumar, K J George and R V Deshpande, met Patil at his residence to mollify him.
A group of disgruntled MLAs, including M T B Nagaraj, Satish Jarkiholi, Sudhakar and Roshan Baig, among others, had yesterday met at Patil’s residence.
Terming the chief minister’s meeting with him as a “courtesy visit”, M B Patil said it is “an internal development” in the Congress and Kumaraswamy cannot do anything in this issue.
Patil said he was not alone. “Several of them, about 15 to 20 of us (MLAs)are together, we will take decision together.
“Let there be no wrong informClarifying that none of the MLAs have any intention about quitting the party, Patil said all legislators would meet and discuss, and there was nothing wrong in it.
Asked whether he was heading the disgruntled legislators, he said, “We are a team. I’m no senior or no junior. We fifteen-twenty people are all equals. Whatever decision happens, it will be of the team.”
The JDS-Congress cabinet was expanded on June 6 with the induction of 25 new ministers, after intense bargaining for ministerial berths.
The Congress has dropped several key members of the previous Siddaramaiah ministry, including M B Patil, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Ramalinga Reddy, R Roshan Baig, H K Patil, Tanvir Sait, Shamanur Sivashankarappaand, Satish Jarkhiholi, from the coalition government.
