After a State Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah convened a late night dinner meeting with his Cabinet colleagues and is believed to have warned the Ministers to refrain from making controversial statements on Ram Mandir or Hindu faith, thereby playing into the hands of the Opposition BJP to target the Congress government and polarise the electorate ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The meeting with Ministers assumed significance in the wake of the BJP and the JD(S) embarking on a rally in Mandya after a saffron flag was replaced by the national flag on a government land at Keragodu village as per norms.
