Surjewala meets K'taka MLAs, Kharge says high command to decide on CM

The Congress brass Monday asserted matters like leadership change will be decided by party high command, comments that came amid the “CM change” chorus from a section of party leaders in Karnataka, while it reached out to 'disgruntled' MLAs in the southern state.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Terming the meetings with MLAs as an organisational exercise undertaken by both AICC and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, Surjewala said, any news that is circulated in the media about leadership change is only a “figment of imagination”.

This is a continuous exercise for introspection and development of the state. It is a long exercise. It will happen over a period of a month or month-and-a-half, during which he will be meeting party legislators, MPs, defeated candidates, District Congress Committee chiefs, before meeting ministers, Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, he said. According to party sources, as part of the first phase of his three day visit, Surjewala on Monday held one-on-one meetings with legislators from the Chikkaballapura and Kolar districts. He is expected to have heard their grievances and collected feedback on the government’s functioning, they said.