Bengaluru, June 16 -- Scores of Congress workers on Tuesday assembled outside the residence of Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, demanding that party MLA Yashvantarayagouda Vittalagouda Patil be inducted into the state cabinet.

A large number of supporters gathered outside Shivakumar's residence and urged the Congress leadership to consider Patil for a ministerial position in the Karnataka government. Patil is a Congress legislator representing the Indi Assembly constituency in Vijayapura district.

One of Patil's supporters said the gathering had a single objective -- to convey their demand directly to Shivakumar.

"We are here for only one reason. We want to meet DK Shivakumar and tell him that Yashavanta Patil should be given a ...