Following uneasiness among the Congress party cadre and legislators over the delay in the appointment of heads to various government-owned boards and corporations, AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala held a meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday at the party office here.
Sources in the party said it was proposed to issue orders soon on appointing 25 MLAs and five MLCs as chairman/persons of the boards and corporations in the first phase.
The Chief Minister has maintained that legislators would be given first preference now and appointed as heads of boards and corporations, while Mr. Shivakumar was keen on issuing appointment orders to party workers and leaders. Two leaders have given a separate list of candidates for appointments, sources said.