Bangalore: Protests broke out in parts of Karnataka on Saturday as supporters of Congress leaders who failed to get berth in the Cabinet expansion announced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah gave vent to their anger.
In the district headquarters town of Yadgir, Congress workers ransacked the party office and set fire to windows over denial of ministership to senior leader A B Maalaka Reddy, police said.
In Ramanagara and Mandya, they held a dharna demanding that D K Shivakumar, former Working President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, be included in the ministry.
Senior leader Motamma, former Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, ex-CWC member and a strong contender for the berth, stayed away from the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan.
Several districts went unrepresented in the Ministry, and a section of Congressmen there made no secret of their disappointment.
As the situation was about to turn volatile, Krishna's wife Prema Krishna came outside and appealed to the supporters not to resort to any violence and said that the matter would be taken up with the High Command, police said.
In the district headquarters town of Yadgir, Congress workers ransacked the party office and set fire to windows over denial of ministership to senior leader A B Maalaka Reddy, police said.
In Ramanagara and Mandya, they held a dharna demanding that D K Shivakumar, former Working President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, be included in the ministry.
Senior leader Motamma, former Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, ex-CWC member and a strong contender for the berth, stayed away from the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan.
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Several districts went unrepresented in the Ministry, and a section of Congressmen there made no secret of their disappointment.
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As the situation was about to turn volatile, Krishna's wife Prema Krishna came outside and appealed to the supporters not to resort to any violence and said that the matter would be taken up with the High Command, police said.
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