Bengaluru, Jun 8: The political activities in the Congress circle by disgruntled leaders took ugly turn when a youth, demanding Minister post to Legislator N A Haris, threatened to commit suicide by hanging himself with a rope in front of KPCC office in the city on Friday.
The state had been witnessing protests from various parts of the state over the non-inclusion of leaders in various districts in the Ministry.
This development might have also come in the way of Portfolio allotment to the new Ministers even after 48 hours of their induction into the cabinet.
Vacant berths
With six Cabinet berths vacant in the Congress quota, Dr. Parameshwara said efforts would be made to satisfy disgruntled MLAs by accommodating them in the next expansion.
Sources said party’s central leaders told the State leaders to initiate talks with dissidents and ask them to end rebel activity or face disciplinary action. It is said that by not considering the heavyweights for the ministry, the central leadership has sought to communicate its unhappiness to the State’s leadership over its failure to gauge the electoral mood in the State, which forced the Congress to form the coalition government.
MLAs such as M.T.B. Nagaraj, R. Roshan Baig, Satish Jarkiholi, B.C. Patil, K. Sudhakar, and B.K. Sangameshwara held a series of meetings at Mr. M.B. Patil’s residence and are believed to have decided to seek an appointment with Mr. Gandhi. Mr. M.B. Patil also met the former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and reportedly expressed his anger for having denied him a Cabinet berth.
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