In a damage-control exercise, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday held a breakfast meeting with his deputy D.K. Shivakumar and other Cabinet colleagues at his official residence ‘Cauvery’ and told Ministers not to issue public statements on the tenure of the Chief Minister or change of leadership. Multiple comments on the issue by himself and others in the Cabinet have embarrassed the government in the recent past.
In the meeting attended by 15 Ministers, including Home Minister G. Parameshwara and Industries Minister M.B. Patil, Mr. Siddaramaiah reportedly advised all to restrain themselves from issuing public statements which would show the government in poor light, despite implementation of four guarantees as promised in the party’s election manifesto.
After Mr. Siddaramaiah’s statement on Thursday that he would complete his full tenure as Chief Minister, many in the Cabinet on Friday had commented that the party high command alone would take a decision on the issue.
