Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his loyalist Ministers attending a dinner party at Home Minister G. Parameshwara’s residence in Bengaluru on Friday has stirred a controversy with sources claiming that Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar was “deliberately kept out” of the meeting.
Sources in the Congress told The Hindu that PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi and Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa attended the dinner meeting and discussed political issues.