Bengaluru: In a sign that negotiations over cabinet seats could pose the first challenge to the smooth functioning of the Kumaraswamy government, senior leaders of the Congress, who were expected to fly to Delhi Friday night in response to summons from Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, are now likely to go there only after getting a clear picture about the portfolios, and some say, clearance from alliance partner JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda,according to party sources.
Speaking to the Deccan Chronicle, a senior Congress leader said, “The party is not yet in a position to say it has cornered so many portfolios as they will have to be finalised by the JD(S) and this cannot happen without the approval of its party supremo, H. D. Deve Gowda.”
