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About 30 MLAs of the ruling Congress successful Karnataka met for a meal gathering astatine a backstage nine successful Bengaluru connected Thursday to property the enactment precocious bid to let Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to undertake a Cabinet reshuffle and induct elder legislators.
Speaking to reporters aft the meeting, the MLAs said the enactment precocious bid had earlier assured them that a Cabinet reshuffle would beryllium considered aft the authorities crosses the mid-term mark. The Congress authorities completed fractional of its five-year tenure past November.
The legislators said they were seeking the induction of experienced MLAs who person been elected 3 to 4 times to the Assembly. According to them, astatine slightest 22 specified MLAs should beryllium accommodated successful the Cabinet during the reshuffle.
The gathering attracted attraction amid speculation implicit a imaginable alteration of enactment successful the State aft the Budget oregon pursuing Assembly elections successful 5 States. The meal gathering was held connected the aforesaid nighttime that Mr. Siddaramaiah and his Ministers convened a Cabinet meeting.
Several MLAs who attended the gathering told the media that they would sojourn New Delhi astatine the extremity of this month, aft the Budget league of the Assembly concludes connected March 27, to property their request earlier the enactment leadership.
Among those who spoke to the media were Chief Whip successful the Legislative Assembly Ashok Pattan, Belur Gopalakrishna and K.M. Shivalinge Gowda. They said astir 30 MLAs had gathered to sermon the request for a Cabinet reshuffle.
MLAs cutting crossed factional loyalties attended the meeting. Prominent among them were H.C. Balakrishna, N.A. Haris, Srinivas Mane, Laxman Savadi, T.B. Jayachandra, Ganesh Hukkeri and Puttaranga Shetty, among others.
Mr. Shivalinge Gowda said the authorities would soon implicit astir 3 years successful office, and reiterated that the enactment enactment had promised a Cabinet reshuffle aft the mid-term. “We are urging the precocious bid to let the Chief Minister to undertake the reshuffle and induct experienced legislators into the Ministry,” helium said.
Sagar MLA Mr. Gopalakrishna said opportunities should beryllium fixed to experienced legislators elected aggregate times to fortify the party.
Mr. Pattan said the MLAs would conscionable the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister earlier travelling to Delhi aft the Budget session. “We volition conscionable the party’s cardinal enactment to property for Cabinet berths. We are not demanding positions for each 30 MLAs, but astatine slightest 22 should beryllium inducted into the Cabinet,” helium said.
While Mr. Siddaramaiah has been seeking the precocious command’s motion for the Cabinet reshuffle, Mr. Shivakumar has been opposing it connected the pretext that it would hold his promotion to the apical post.
