BD NarayankarBengaluru, July 21 -- Every Cabinet expansion creates winners and losers. In Karnataka, it is also becoming a measure of who truly holds political authority within the ruling Congress.
As Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC President BK Hariprasad headed to New Delhi on Tuesday for consultations with the party leadership, the issue before them was no longer confined to filling vacant ministerial posts. It was about reconciling three centres of influence that have come to define the Congress in Karnataka.
There are about 20 vacancies in the Council of Ministers. There are more than twice as many aspirants. The arithmetic is simple; the politics is not.
The Congress finds itself in an unus...