Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday took exception to some of the party leaders’ public statements on internal matters of the party and asked them not to go before the media on party matters.
Mr. Shivakumar told presspersons here that leaders and Ministers should refrain from discussing in public internal matters of the party and they should instead discuss issues with him or with the Chief Minister. “None should air their views in public before the media under any circumstances,’‘ the KPCC chief warned.
The KPCC president’s reaction comes a day after three-time MLA Ashok Pattan stated that the State Cabinet reshuffle would be taken up in two-and-a-half-years and the new faces would be inducted into the Ministry. Mr. Pattan also stated that AICC general secretary in charge of the State Randeep Singh Surjewala and senior leaders had assured him that he would be inducted into the Cabinet based on seniority and loyalty to the party.
