K'taka cabinet expansion: Rahul Gandhi's meeting with dissatisfied Cong MLAs draws no conclusion
Bengaluru/New Delhi, Jun 9 (IBNS): The meeting between several dissatisfied Karnataka Congress MLAs and party president Rahul Gandhi has failed to end the disagreement over the cabinet expansion within the outfit on Saturday, media reports said.
Congress MLAs-led by senior leader MB Patil met with Rahul on Saturday.
The meeting took place after several of the party MLAs were dissatisfied over the cabinet expansion of the Karnataka government, which is now run jointly by the Congress and former Prime Minister Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular).
The cabinet expansion took place on Jun 6.
Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee working president Dinesh Gundu Rao and minister Krishna Byre Gowda were reportedly present in the meeting.
The decision will probably be taken after discussions with the disgruntled Congress MLAs.
The Karnataka coalition government was formed by the Congress and the JD(S) after a week-long drama following a fractured mandate meted out by people of the southern state.
Though the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had formed a minority government in the state under the leadership of BS Yeddyurappa, the latter had to resign owing to the saffron party's failure to prove majority in the Vidhan Soudha.
The Congress-JD(S) together have the support of 118 MLAs.
A short spell of drama also succeeded the swearing of JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy as the Chief Minister over the ministry of finance but it was later resolved after the intervention of Rahul Gandhi.
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