In a damage-control exercise, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday held a breakfast meeting with his deputy D.K. Shivakumar and other Cabinet colleagues at his official residence ‘Cauvery’ and told Ministers not to issue public statements on the tenure of the Chief Minister or change of leadership. ‘Focus on administration, polls’ The Chief Minister reportedly told Ministers to focus on the …
The Congress will welcome leaders from other parties, if they resign from their membership of the Legislative Assembly or Council, G. Parameshwara, Home Minister and former KPCC president, said in Belagavi on Friday. “The Congress is running a pro-people government in the State and introducing several developmental and welfare programmes, including fulfilling the five guarantees. To a query on the …
After Congress announced that Siddaramaiah would be the next chief minister of Karnataka and DK Shivakumar would be his only deputy, senior Congress leader G Parameshwara on Thursday cautioned the party’s central leadership that if a Deputy Chief Minister post is not given to a Dalit, there would be adverse reaction and it would spell trouble for the party. Parameshwara, …
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