Bengaluru, May 31 -- Outgoing Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah's son Yathindra on Saturday threw his hat into the ring for a cabinet berth, with people aware of the matter saying the possibility of giving him a ministerial post was part of the internal power-sharing understanding reached when the Congress formed the state government in 2023.

Yathindra, a member of the state legislative council, rejected suggestions that Siddaramaiah had sought a cabinet berth for him during discussions with the party leadership in Delhi in the lead-up to his resignation from the state's top post. He, however, added that senior leaders were in favour of his induction into the cabinet.

"Even when we travelled to Delhi to meet Rahul Gandhi and other s...