Bengaluru, May 31 : The Coalition partners in Karnataka–Congress and JDS, who had an intensive parleys in the last couple of days over working out strategies to save the one-year-old government, have decided not to reshuffle the Cabinet but to fill the three existing vacancies in the cabinet, by inducting two Independent MLAs.
According to highly placed sources in the Congress, after two days of interaction by both the party leaders, it was decided not to disturb the present set up in the Cabinet, and go for filling up of the vacancies by inducting two independent MLAs, to the cabinet.
“The cabinet is likely to be expanded by inducting two Independent MLAs, in a day or two”, sources said.
Following severe drubbing in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections, in which the coalition partners had won only one seat each out of 28 Lok Sabha seats, series of meeting between the JD(S) and the Congress leaders were held in their bid to save the government.
Both the parties had also convened Legislature party meeting and pursued the respective party MLAs, not to rock the boat, as the Opposition BJP is allegedly making all its efforts to topple the state government.
The Senior party leaders, had come to the conclusion not to go for dropping any existing Ministers but to induct those who are sitting on the fence, to save the Government, after the incumbent ministers are not keen to make way for others, sources said.
The decision not to go for reshuffle of the cabinet, was taken up following lack of enthusiasm shown from the ministers to opt out from the cabinet, sources added.
