Bengaluru: Seeking to downplay the issue of KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara not attending the swearing-in ceremony of new Ministers at the Raj Bhavan here on Friday, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah on Saturday said that the KPCC Chief could not attend the ceremony as he was away in Delhi.
But when media persons pointed out that Parameshwara was very much in Bengaluru on Friday, a visibly upset Chief Minister asked the media persons to pose the question to Dr. Parameshwara. KPCC President Dr. Parameshwara and many senior Congress leaders kept off the ceremony as they were upset with Siddharamaiah for not taking them into confidence while choosing candidates for expanding the Council of Minsters.
