Karnataka Cabinet expansion: One-on-one meetings held with hopefuls to ward off future disgurntlement
Congress party leadership is holding individual meetings with ministerial hopefuls in Delhi to manage expectations ahead of the Karnataka Cabinet expansion. The move aims to prevent internal dissent as the party balances regional and caste representation.
Why it matters
Internal party management is critical for the stability of coalition or state governments, particularly in competitive political environments.
Ahead of the proposed Karnataka Cabinet expansion, ministerial hopefuls, who made a beeline to Delhi, are learnt to have been asked to remain composed even if they do not eventually make it when the names are announced.
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar meeting with Congress legislators in Delhi. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement
The list is likely to be finalised over the next few days by the party’s central leadership. Sources said that more than 25 legislators, who had been camping in Delhi for the past two days, were given an audience by the Congress general secretary in charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, at the All India Congress Committee office on Akbar Road in Delhi.
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