Mysuru: While Congress, the main partner in the coalition government in Karnataka, is heading towards a virtual split as at least a dozen senior leaders failed to make it to the State Cabinet, the other coalition partner JD(S) is facing the wrath of supporters of Ministers – G.T. Devegowda (GTD) and C.S. Puttaraju (CSP) -- who have not got plum portfolios. Supporters of GTD and CSP have raised the banner of revolt against Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and have urged him to make amendments in the allocation of portfolios.
The Congress is fighting a bigger battle in Bengaluru as veteran MLAs like M.B. Patil, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Roshan Baig, Ramalinga Reddy, Satish Jarakiholi and Shamanur Shivashankarappa have been kept out of the Kumaraswamy Cabinet. The JD(S) is facing opposition in Mysuru and Mandya districts as fans of GTD and CSP are staging protests. While GTD has been allocated Higher Education portfolio, CSP has been assigned Minor Irrigation. Latest reports from Bengaluru say that M.B. Patil has demanded either Deputy CM’s post or the post of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President.
