The KPCC has cancelled a meeting of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his Cabinet colleagues scheduled for Sunday to discuss preparations for the upcoming byelections to Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly constituencies.
Sources in the party said Siddaramaiah requested KPCC president G Parameshwara to postpone the meeting as many of his ministers had already fixed their engagements. But the next date of the meeting is yet to be finalised.
The meeting was scheduled to be held at the KPCC office, the sources added. AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Digvijaya Singh had directed the KPCC chief to convene the meeting of the chief minister and his ministers during the budget session of the legislature. It is now speculated in party circles that the high command may remove Singh from the post.
This apart, head of the KPCC legal cell C M Dhananjay on Saturday urged the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, to take action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making false charges against the Congress government in Karnataka during an election campaign in Uttar Pradesh.
Published 18 March 2017, 20:05 IST