Bengaluru: After an intense fire extinguisher, the Chairman of the Basavaraj Minister Bommai on Wednesday for a while managed to calm his cabinet colleague Anand Singh, who allegedly threatened to demand portfolio changes.
Singh, who sulked because he was allocated the Department of Tourism, Ecology and the environment a week ago, closed the MLA office in Hospete in the Vijayanagara district and visited a temple built by his father, allegedly demonstrating displeasure and intention to stop.
Bommai experienced damage control and held a deliberation with Singh, along with the senior Minister R Ashoka, for almost three hours.
The old cm to convince reportedly Singh Man to – reconsider his decision while promising his harvest will be taken with a high party order.
“The meeting ends on a happy note.
We have heard all the concerns (Singh) and told him that they would be shared with the brass party.
They will receive the appropriate call.
Until then, Singh will do his job,” said Bommai told reporters.
“I never said I would stop,” Singh said.
“I have held a detailed discussion with CM Bommai and aired all my worries.
He has convinced me that he will take them with brass parties and I am sure they will do justice.” Singh, who with Congress, is between 17 Congress and JD ( S) MLA which stops and joins BJP, helps the Safron Party form the government.
Many of the defectors then became ministers in the Yediyurappa cabinet in 2019.
Refusing claims to recovery relationships as “not entirely true”, Singh supporters said his complaints had not been addressed.
“They just bought time to convince the brass party and our leader had decided to wait until then,” said one of them.
The party in the party said Singh insisted on the energy portfolio, which was assigned to Debut Minister V Sunil Kumar.
Bommai was reported to have asked Kumar not to take over until the problem with Singh was wrong.
Kumar has taken over the Kannada and cultural departments allocated for him and said he would take over energy costs after three days.
Before meeting Bommai, Singh held a discussion with Yediyurappa at his residence.
Others Are Not Satisfied Mlaas – Surapur Mla Rajugouda, Hiriyur Mla Poornima Sreenivas – and Yediyurappa Aide Aide MP Renukaccharya also met before cm, reported to seek their support for their demands.
After expansion, there were four vacancies in the Bommai Cabinet.
Previously, MTB Minister Nagaraj and Crossover MLC R Shankar met Bommai in Krishna, the official residence of CM.
Nagaraj, who also threatened to resign, said he would continue his portfolio at this time.