Bengaluru, Aug. 5 -- BJP Karnataka President BY Vijayendra on Wednesday alleged the Congress cabinet expansion was driven by "power-sharing, money power and High Command politics" rather than governance.

Citing internal dissent, he claimed ministerial posts were "sold", questioned the re-induction of B. Nagendra, and said the exercise reflected the Siddaramaiah-Shivakumar power struggle, with portfolios being decided in Delhi.

Vijayendra said that "he had maintained from the beginning that the date for the cabinet expansion was not fixed because the rate was not fixed."

He asserted that public statements made today by senior Congress leaders, former ministers, and MLAs have substantiated his allegation. According to him, the internal d...