<p>Looks like Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has not entirely forgiven his friend-turned-foe B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan.</p>.<p>It is learnt that Kumaraswamy is in no mood to accommodate Khan’s demand for additional allocation for the Minority Welfare and Wakf departments in the upcoming budget.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, Khan, accompanied by Muslim leaders like Rahman Khan, U T Khader and Naseer Ahmed, met Kumaraswamy and presented a wishlist. They sought Rs 500 crore additional allocation for the departments.</p>.<p>However, Kumaraswamy is unlikely to heed the request. Sources said Kumaraswamy is upset with Khan for convening a meeting of all Muslim leaders on Monday evening, without consulting him.</p>.<p>Kumaraswamy is also irked by Khan’s attempts to project himself as a state-level Muslim leader, sources said.</p>.<p>The chief minister and Khan had a fallout in 2016, when the latter defected to the Congress.</p>.<p>However, during the formation of the coalition government, Kumaraswamy himself had sought out Khan and the two had agreed to let bygones be bygones.</p>.<p>But Khan’s association with former chief minister Siddaramaiah has also come as a bother to Kumaraswamy. For, Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah have been locked in shadow-boxing ever since the government was formed.</p>.<p>After his meeting with Kumaraswamy, Khan told reporters that though he had sought a 10% increase in allocation in the budget, it was an unlikely possibility.</p>
<p>Looks like Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has not entirely forgiven his friend-turned-foe B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan.</p>.<p>It is learnt that Kumaraswamy is in no mood to accommodate Khan’s demand for additional allocation for the Minority Welfare and Wakf departments in the upcoming budget.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, Khan, accompanied by Muslim leaders like Rahman Khan, U T Khader and Naseer Ahmed, met Kumaraswamy and presented a wishlist. They sought Rs 500 crore additional allocation for the departments.</p>.<p>However, Kumaraswamy is unlikely to heed the request. Sources said Kumaraswamy is upset with Khan for convening a meeting of all Muslim leaders on Monday evening, without consulting him.</p>.<p>Kumaraswamy is also irked by Khan’s attempts to project himself as a state-level Muslim leader, sources said.</p>.<p>The chief minister and Khan had a fallout in 2016, when the latter defected to the Congress.</p>.<p>However, during the formation of the coalition government, Kumaraswamy himself had sought out Khan and the two had agreed to let bygones be bygones.</p>.<p>But Khan’s association with former chief minister Siddaramaiah has also come as a bother to Kumaraswamy. For, Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah have been locked in shadow-boxing ever since the government was formed.</p>.<p>After his meeting with Kumaraswamy, Khan told reporters that though he had sought a 10% increase in allocation in the budget, it was an unlikely possibility.</p>
