Siddaramaiah said that veteran Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy will get a ministerial berth when the cabinet expansion takes place.
Amid reports that a cabinet reshuffle is being planned in the Karnataka government, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday stated that the vacant ministerial positions will be filled first. Siddaramaiah, who is also the head of the coalition coordination committee set up to ensure the smooth running of the coalition government, added that miffed Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy will be given a ministerial position. "We will fill the vacant positions first. I had told him that when the re-shuffle of the cabinet happens, he (Ramalinga Reddy) will get a chance to be a minister", Siddaramaiah told reporters in Bengaluru on Wednesday. CS Shivalli was the Minister of Municipal Administration and Local Bodies before he passed away in March this year. The position has remained vacant since then. The position of Primary and Secondary Education Minister is also vacant after N Mahesh, the lone BSP MLA in the Karnataka Assembly resigned from his position. Earlier in the week, Ramalinga Reddy had criticised the Congress for ignoring senior leaders. "The party should also ensure that seniors don't quit the party. If this continues, it's difficult for senior party leaders to continue in the party. The party should concentrate on getting rid of the imbalance in the party and the government. Ministers who didn't do well in the election should be given party work and seniors should be taken into the cabinet," he said in a Facebook post. This comes at a time Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy held discussions with Congress President Rahul Gandhi about the coalition government's future in the state.
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