Bengaluru, Dec 24: The Congress party, the major partner in the coalition government in Karnataka with Janata Dal (S) is facing a major disenchantment among the senior legislators denied ministry posts in the cabinet expansion made on Saturday.
On Monday supporters of senior leaders Ramalinga Reddy, who said there was a conspiracy to deny him a cabinet post despite he being seven times MLA.
His supporters came to streets, while other leaders like H K Patil, B C Patil, Dr Sudhakar and others did not come out in open but made their dissent known.
Most vocal among the Congress leaders was Belagavi district strong man Ramesh Jarkiholi who was sacked as a minister for Municipal Administration for ‘under performance’.
In the backdrop of rising dissidence Congress president Rahul Gandhi is sending party in-charge for Karnataka K C Venugopal to the city to bring down the ‘fire’.
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