Bengaluru, April 12 (IANS). A group of senior Congress party MLAs from Karnataka have left for New Delhi with a desire to get posts in the state cabinet. These MLAs have won the elections from their assembly seats more than twice. He plans to meet top party leaders including AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge.
The group also includes Karnataka government’s special representative in New Delhi MTB Jayachandra, Ashok Pattan, MLAs Putta Ranga Shetty, Shantana Goudar and Beluru Gopalakrishnan.
Let us tell you that amid speculations about cabinet reshuffle, more than 20 senior MLAs of Karnataka’s ruling Congress Party are planning to meet the party’s high command in Delhi. This step has become important in view of the ongoing leadership tussle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President DK Shivakumar.
It has been three years since the Congress government came to power, and senior MLAs, who have been elected three to five times, are looking for an opportunity. They have decided to present their demands before AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge and the national leadership.
Congress insiders have revealed that the proposed cabinet reshuffle could lead to another clash between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, as both have reportedly prepared their respective lists involving their supporters. Apart from this, party sources said that the high command has also prepared a separate list.
Reacting to the development, seven-time MLA and Karnataka government’s special representative in Delhi TB Jayachandra said in Bengaluru on Saturday that the MLAs planning to come to Delhi are senior and experienced who have made significant contributions to the party.
Jayachandra clarified, “The MLAs who were elected three, four and five times came together, held a meeting, and decided to go to Delhi. This cabinet has completed three years under the leadership of the Congress government and has two years of its tenure remaining. In the event of a change of power, we are presenting our candidature. We are not approaching the high command through any intermediary.”
–IANS
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