Bengaluru: After days of hectic parleys, coalition partners JD(S) and Congress finally reached a consensus yesterday on expanding the Cabinet and also announced that the two parties will fight the 2019 elections together as a pre-poll alliance.
Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will expand his Council of Ministers on June 6. The Congress conceded and agreed to give away the Finance portfolio — which had become a bone of contention between the two partners. Kumaraswamy will hold the portfolio. Also, the Congress agreed that Kumaraswamy can continue as Chief Minister for the full five years.
