Bengaluru, Aug. 4 -- Protests intensified within the Karnataka Congress on Tuesday, August 4, as supporters of senior leader Dinesh Gundu Rao staged a demonstration outside the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office after he was denied a berth in Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar's expanded Cabinet. The agitation added to the growing discontent within the ruling party following the Cabinet reshuffle.

Hundreds of Congress workers and supporters from Gandhinagar constituency gathered outside the KPCC office carrying placards reading "Justice for Loyalty" and raised slogans against the party high command. Protesters alleged that a loyal and experienced leader had been ignored despite his long service to the party.

The demonstratio...