‘Party high command must look into it’: Congress leader Rajanna raises demand for more Dy CM’s in K’taka

BENGALURU: Karnataka Minister and Congress leader KN Rajanna on Monday demanded additional Deputy Chief Ministers in Karnataka and asked the party high command to consider the request.

#WATCH | On demand of more Deputy CMs for Karnataka, state Minister K N Rajanna says, “…Because of the parliament elections, it was delayed. I want the party high command to consider our request. Many ministers think that those who are supporting the congress should be given… pic.twitter.com/9AyJUcZehS

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“Because of the parliament elections, it was delayed. I want the party’s high command to consider my request. Many ministers think that many communities who are supporting the Congress party should be given representation of Deputy CMs. But I am not the aspirant,” KN Rajanna said.

The demand for more Deputy Chief Ministers was also raised before the Lok Sabha elections by the Congress leaders.

DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, serves as the only Deputy Chief Minister of the state.

The Karnataka Assembly elections were held last year in which Congress won 135 seats pushing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) out of power in the only southern state it ruled.

BJP managed to win 66 seats. Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) bagged 19 seats. Independents have won two seats while Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha and Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha won one seat each. (ANI)