Archive · 5 Aug 2026
Shivakumar, Surjewala meet Karnataka MLAs over Cabinet expansion
A big leader named DK Shivakumar is in charge of a place called Karnataka.
He works for a large political group called the Congress party.
Some other leaders in the same group were unhappy.
They were unhappy because they did not get important government jobs.
Their fans even held protests about it.
So Mr. Shivakumar and another leader named Randeep Surjewala met with the unhappy leaders.
They wanted to calm everyone down and fix the problem.
Other Congress leaders also talked to the unhappy leaders.
Everyone is hoping the disagreement will soon be settled.
Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala met disgruntled legislators on Wednesday.
The meeting came amid simmering discontent over the recent Cabinet expansion in Karnataka.
The outreach is seen as the Congress party's attempt at damage control following protests by supporters of MLAs denied Cabinet berths.
Karnataka Congress President B K Hariprasad and other ministers also made efforts to pacify the disgruntled legislators.
The report was published by PTI.
- Who
- Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala, Karnataka Congress President B K Hariprasad, and disgruntled Karnataka MLAs.
- What
- Meetings held with disgruntled MLAs following discontent over the recent state Cabinet expansion.
- When
- Wednesday.
- Where
- Karnataka.
- Why
- To pacify legislators denied Cabinet berths and manage damage control after protests by their supporters.
- Chief Minister
- DK Shivakumar
- Party
- Congress
- Party General Secretary
- Randeep Surjewala
- Karnataka Congress President
- B K Hariprasad
- Meeting held on
- Wednesday
- Context
- Recent Cabinet expansion in Karnataka
- Reported by
- PTI