BENGALURU, 16 MAY

Amid reports of pressure for a cabinet reshuffle within the ruling Congress, Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday said the party high command and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will decide on it. The Siddaramaiah-led government completes two years in office on 20 May.

"I don't know about it, and I would not like to comment on it. There may be aspirants, as we have 138 Congress MLAs, and among them, only a few can become ministers. The high command and the chief minister will decide on it," Parameshwara told reporters in response to a question on the cabinet reshuffle, amid demands within the Congress for sitting ministers to make way for others.

There has also been a demand from a section of MLAs, who are ministerial aspirants, to be inducted into the cabinet. Some have even openly expressed their wish to become ministers.

The State cabinet has not been reshuffled since the formation of the government in May 2023.

Responding to a question on Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot sending several bills, including two—The Karnataka Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill 2024 and The Karnataka Souharda Sahakari (Amendment) Bill 2024—recently to the President, despite a Supreme Court ruling, Parameshwara said.