Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar have been sworn in as chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively, alongside with eight ministers on May 20. (File Image: PTI)
According to Congress sources, the social gathering excessive command accredited the primary listing of eight ministers towards the sooner plan of inducting a a lot greater variety of legislators into the cupboard
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar reached the nationwide capital Wednesday, as he and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah are more likely to meet the highest Congress management to debate cupboard growth in the state. Siddaramaiah is predicted to reach right here late at night time, sources mentioned.
After touchdown right here, Shivakumar instructed reporters that it was a “regular routine go to” and that he’ll meet senior social gathering leaders to debate points in regards to the state. “We have to complete our cupboard (growth) as early as potential. That is in course of. My chief minister can also be coming,” he mentioned. He mentioned they may meet the highest management together with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
Rejecting rumours of a rift inside the social gathering, Shivakumar mentioned, “As the social gathering president (Karnataka), I’m telling you that nothing is there, no inside points are there.’
On being requested about supporters of Congress MLA D Sudhakar staging a protest outdoors Siddaramaiah’s home, Shivakumar mentioned, “(It’s) fairly pure. All of the employees (of the social gathering) wish to change into ministers.”
Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar have been sworn in as chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively, alongside with eight ministers on May 20.
Portfolios haven’t been allotted to the ministers but. According to Congress sources, the social gathering excessive command accredited the primary listing of eight ministers towards the sooner plan of inducting a a lot greater variety of legislators into the cupboard.
This was carried out as there have been allegedly variations between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar over some names, throughout discussions held final week in Delhi forward of swearing-in ceremony. Karnataka can have a most of 34 ministers, and the Congress will discover it tough to accommodate all of the aspirants.
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