Mandya, July 4 -- Karnataka Leader of Opposition (LoP) R Ashoka on Saturday accused the DK Shivakumar government in the state of delaying Cabinet expansion for political reasons and claimed it has become an "ATM" for the Congress high command.

"There is no Agriculture Minister, and the Cabinet is not complete. Are they waiting for a 'payment cabinet'? There is no doubt that they have to pay money in Delhi to get Cabinet berths. The DK Shivakumar government has become an ATM for the Delhi high command," he said.

His remarks come after a BJP delegation visited the KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district in the wake of an acute water shortage due to poor rainfall.

Along with Ashoka, former Minister Chhalavadi Narayanaswamy and M...