No reshuffle, just an expansion in HDK Cabinet

JD(S), Congress more likely to induct a couple of leaders into the Cabinet on June 12

Fearing a backlash, the coalition govt has decided to get rid of Cabinet reshuffle and opt for simply enlargement.

After the rout in Lok Sabha polls, coalition celebration leaders from the Congress and the JD(S) had held a number of rounds of talks on reshuffling the Cabinet to save lots of the federal government by way of accommodating independents and rebel Congress MLAs.

This move, alternatively, became out to be a unfastened canon with a number of Congress ministerial aspirants firing from all instructions, staking claim for the Cabinet berth. This forced the Congress leaders to shun the plan and opt for simply a variety.

A few days again, Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah had dominated out reshuffle and said that it could simply be a variety to fill the Cabinet berth that fell vacant following loss of life of CS Shivalli.

Following this, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has decided fill three vacant slots (two JD(S) and one Congress) within the Cabinet on June 12. The overall power of the Cabinet in Karnataka is 34, together with the Chief Minister.

“I met the honourable Governor and sought time for Cabinet enlargement. He has given time on June 12 at 11.30 am,’’ Kumaraswamy tweeted in Kannada after meeting the governor.
Sources said that the JD(S) could induct one of the two idependent MLAs — R Shankar or H Nagesh besides one of its personal MLAs.

Congress assets said that it might come with senior leader Ramalinga Reddy, the seven-term MLA from BTM Layout, Bengaluru. Besides him, the names of Ballari rural MLA B Nagendra and BC Patil also are doing the rounds.

I met the honourable Governor and sought time for Cabinet enlargement. He has given time on June 12 at 11.30 am

– CM HD Kumaraswamy

BC Patil unhappy

Trouble for the Congress, in particular, and the coalition govt in general appears to be a ways from over. Soon after the Chief Minister introduced Cabinet enlargement on Twitter, Congress MLA BC Patil, one of the sturdy claimants for the ministerial berth, spoke out against the celebration and his leaders on Saturday indicating that he's not likely to be considered for the lone Cabinet berth for the Congress. Patil, a cop-turned-politician, said that he would announce his next course of action at an acceptable time.

“This is an insult to the community,” the Lingayat MLA from Hirekerur said, including that he's no longer a spare phase to be used and thrown by way of celebration leaders.

Patil was once lately said to had been confident a ministerial berth by way of Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah.