The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka is again being buffeted in the wake of the Cabinet expansion by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa with a group of legislators demanding that they be made ministers, or chairpersons of government boards and corporations.
The group is led by Minister for Excise M.P. Renukacharya and comprises a few other ministers, some of whom are independent MLAs. All of them are believed to be staying in a resort in Tamil Nadu.
Minister for Tourism G. Janardhan Reddy categorically stating that there is no threat to the government although there is dissent within the party on various issues.
The Chief Minister and State BJP president K.S. Eshwarappa held discussions with senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders to work out a solution to the latest eruption.
Sources told The Hindu that a group of legislators had formed a pressure group to seek a ministerial berth for one of them in the event of Minister for Information Technology Katta Subramanya Naidu being asked to step down. The other demand pertains to appointment of chairpersons of boards and corporations.
The Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress held discussions separately. The two parties have complained to Governor H.R. Bhardwaj about the alleged scams relating to the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board and the Bangalore Development Authority.
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