Cabinet expansion Chief Minister's prerogative: Digvijaya Singh

BANGALORE: As pressure from ministerial aspirants mounted in the ruling Congress, senior party leader Digvijay a Singh on August 26 said it was the prerogative of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to expand his ministry and the AICC does not intefere in it.

After a meeting of the state Congress coordination committee attended by Siddarmaiah and KPCC President G Parameshwara, Singh told reporters, “Cabinet expansion is the right of a Chief Minister where AICC doesn't interfere.“ Getting a booster from the Assembly bypolls outcome, which saw Congress win two of the three seats, including wresting one from BJP, Siddaramaiah had on August 25 said he would expand his cabinet after talking to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.