Shivakumar met Mallikarjun Kharge amid cabinet expansion buzz
Politics 18 Jul, 2026

Shivakumar met Mallikarjun Kharge amid cabinet expansion buzz

Business To Business, Bengaluru, 18th July, 2026:   Amid speculation over an imminent expansion of the Karnataka cabinet, Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar, accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara, met AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge in Bengaluru on Saturday.
While the details of the meeting were not officially disclosed, party sources said Shivakumar briefed Kharge on his recent discussions with the Congress leadership in New Delhi regarding the proposed cabinet expansion.
According to the sources, although the chief minister and other state leaders had travelled to Delhi to hold consultations with the party high command, Kharge had returned to Bengaluru for personal reasons before the discussions concluded.

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