Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is likely to accommodate all his competitors for the CM’s post be it PCC president G Parmeshwara, Shiv Kumar and other senior leaders in the Cabinet expansion that he is likely to hold on Saturday.
To pacify labour Minister Mallikaruj Kharge, who had also staked claim for the Chief Minister’s post, Siddaramaiah is also planning to accommodate his son Priyank Kharge as a Minister.
Siddaramaiah met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday who wished him well and assured him all possible Central assistance to the State Government. The CM described the meeting as just a courtesy call.
The Chief Minister, who had met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday, also held deliberations with political secretary to Congress president Ahmad Patel and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to discuss contours of his Ministry in which he intends to include people with clean image will find place in his Cabinet.