Bengaluru/New Delhi, April 14 -- In a show of open defiance, a group of Congress MLAs from Karnataka has taken the battle over Cabinet reshuffle to New Delhi, ignoring a clear warning from KPCC chief and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and escalating pressure on the party high command ahead of the Karnataka government completing three years in office.
Camping in the national capital, the legislators have dug in their heels, declaring they will not return to Bengaluru without securing a meeting with AICC general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala, in a coordinated push for a long-pending Cabinet rejig.
The move marks a significant assertion by a section of MLAs seeking to force the l...