Bengaluru, Aug. 8 -- The simmering battle over Cabinet portfolios has exposed fresh cracks within Karnataka's ruling Congress, forcing Chief Minister DK Shivakumar to rush to New Delhi to seek the intervention of the party high command just days before the Assembly's monsoon session.
The growing discontent among senior legislators has turned the portfolio allocation into a test of the Congress government's ability to maintain unity, with several leaders raising objections over the distribution of key departments and the perceived imbalance in social and regional representation.
The crisis became more visible after seven-time MLA TB Jayachandra voiced his displeasure over the manner in which portfolios were distributed and indicated that h...