Bengaluru/New Delhi, July 17 -- Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday indicated that the Congress high command is yet to take a final call on the long-pending expansion of the state cabinet, saying preparations would begin only after receiving "appropriate guidance" from the party leadership amid intense lobbying by ministerial aspirants in the national capital.
The development underscores the Congress leadership's continued role in shaping the political and administrative course of Karnataka, the party's only major state in southern India, as it prepares for a cabinet expansion ahead of a series of local body elections.
Addressing reporters in New Delhi, Shivakumar said discussions had been held with senior Congress leaders on...