Bengaluru, July 21 -- Karnataka's pending Cabinet expansion entered a decisive phase on Tuesday with Chief Minister DK Shivakumar arriving in New Delhi for high-level consultations with the Congress leadership, amid expectations that the party could soon finalise the long-awaited exercise to fill 20 vacant ministerial berths.
The visit comes after a week of inconclusive deliberations and at a time when lobbying by ministerial aspirants has intensified, putting the Congress leadership under pressure to strike a balance among regional, caste and factional interests while constituting the ministry.
Congress sources said Shivakumar is expected to meet Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC ...