Bengaluru, July 5 -- Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday, July 5, said decisions regarding ministerial appointments would be taken solely by the Congress high command and urged party workers not to exert pressure by organising delegations in support of individual legislators.

His remarks came after supporters of Congress MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar met him at his official residence in Bengaluru, requesting that their leader be inducted into the state Cabinet.

Responding to the delegation, Shivakumar assured them that he would communicate their sentiments to the party leadership. At the same time, he appealed to Congress workers across the state not to approach him with similar demands.

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