JOIN USThe Congress, striving to form a government in Karnataka after the next Assembly elections, is said to be considering bringing in External Affairs Minister S M Krishna as the party’s state unit president.
Krishna may be removed from the Cabinet and sent to Karnataka after the Cabinet reshuffle, likely to take place in mid-September, sources in the party said.
Though Krishna was learnt to be keen on continuing as the External Affairs Minister, party leaders are said to be of the opinion that his leadership will boost the sagging morale of the state unit, reeling under internal differences, especially between the present state unit president G Parameshwara and Legislative Assembly Opposition leader Siddaramaiah.
The party high command had recently convened a meeting of all leaders to end the infighting. However, the high command believes that the exercise failed to yield the desired result.
A section of the party leaders are of the opinion that if Krishna is made the KPCC chairman, he can bring the leaders from all communities together and put up a strong fight in ensuing Assembly election. Besides, Lingayat leaders of the party, who have been demanding the state unit president’s post, may also accept him as the leader.
Though Karnataka in-charge General Secretary Madhusudan Mistry recently denied speculations that incumbent president G Parameshwara will be replaced, chances of major changes cannot be not ruled out, sources said. The high command recently made Virbhadra Singh the Himachal Pradesh unit president, where the elections will be held by the year end.