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Karnataka cabinet crisis: Shivakumar heads to Delhi to pacify sulking MLAs
Karnataka cabinet crisis: Shivakumar heads to Delhi to pacify sulking MLAs
Chief Minister DK Shivakumar is expected to visit New Delhi on Sunday to seek the Congress high command's intervention in the crisis over the Karnataka cabinet expansion and the delay in allocating…
The Story in Brief
Chief Minister DK Shivakumar is expected to visit New Delhi on Sunday to seek the Congress high command's intervention in the crisis over the Karnataka cabinet expansion and the delay in allocating portfolios, The New Indian Express reports. The trip comes after 19 MLAs took oath as ministers on August 3, leaving several aspirants, including a woman, M Krishnappa, and Basavaraj Shivannanavar, a Kuruba leader backed by former CM Siddaramaiah, out in the cold.
Sources in the CMO have not confirmed the visit, and if deferred, portfolio allocation may slip past the monsoon session starting August 13. The disgruntled MLAs are demanding nothing less than cabinet berths. Speculation is rife that some ministers, possibly B Nagendra, who faces a CBI chargesheet in the Maharshi Valmiki Development Corporation scam, may be asked to resign to accommodate the sulking leaders.
The Indian Opinion
The Congress high command's claim that a party with nearly 140 MLAs is bound to see such turbulence is a lazy defence. The real issue is the leadership's failure to balance caste, region and gender in one go, leaving a cabinet without a single woman minister. The party's flip-flop, from accepting resignations to damage control, shows poor crisis management. If the high command yields to every sulking MLA, it will set a dangerous precedent. Watch whether the party replaces a sitting minister or accommodates the disgruntled through boards and corporations, which would be a test of its resolve to govern.
Sources (3): deccanherald.com, newindianexpress.com, newindianexpress.com (2)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
