Bengaluru, May 29 : All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary and incharge of party affairs in Karnataka K C Venugopal had several rounds of talks with the State party leaders and discussed about working out strategies to save the one-year-old Coalition government.
He held meeting with former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara, D K Shivakumar, M B Patil and others and took stock of the political situation after receiving a severe jolt in the just concluded Lok Sabha election.
The leaders, reportedly discussed about some of the party MLAs threatening to quit the party and pull down the coalition government and steps to be taken to prevent them.
The Sources said that the leaders, among other options have decided to convince the fence sitting MLAs, to remain in the party fold and offer them with Cabinet berths and other lucrative posts in the state government.
Speaking to newsmen, Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara said that “We have discussed about the poor performance of the Congress and the JD(S) in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections and its impact on the state government”.
“We have also discussed about measures to be taken to strengthen the party,” he added.
The meeting of the senior leaders assume importance, in the backdrop of the Congress legislature Party (CLP) meeting convened by the CLP leader Siddaramaiah in the night, today.
