Karnataka's MLAs are becoming more dissatisfied...
Karnataka's MLAs are becoming more dissatisfied...
To quell the unrest that has been building in the party's karnataka branch for some time, the congress high command has scheduled two meetings of the state party leaders in New delhi on august 2. There will be changes at this meeting. The party's senior command and prominent party officials from karnataka will meet for the first time, according to sources within the Congress. The congress President mallikarjun Kharge, rahul Gandhi, the chief minister Siddaramaiah, the deputy cm and State President DK Shivakumar, the minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs H.K. Patil, the party general secretaries KC Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala, as well as a few other key officials, participated.
The second meeting with congress ministers will take place, according to a congress official, and several top party MLAs may attend. As a result of the congress Legislature party (CLP) meeting on thursday failing to resolve the complaints of party MLAs, these meetings have been called. According to reports, congress MLAs are frustrated that no development work is being done in their areas. He said that the minister did not give him enough time or address his difficulties during the meeting.
Another source within the congress claimed, "These MLAs had also started a signature drive, but the party officials did not accept it. Even chief minister Siddaramaiah had urged them not to use such methods at the CLP meeting because they drag the administration into shame. Dr. Parameshwara, the state's minister of home, denied that there had been a disagreement at the CLP meeting.