Kharge rules out Team Siddu rejig

Says he and Rahul spoke about caste survey and stampede with CM and DKS in Delhi meet

- Ramakrishna Badseshi @Kalaburagi

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has ruled out any reshuffle in the Siddaramaiah cabinet. Speaking to reporters at his residence here, Kharge said that the party would inform if there is a reshuffle or change of guard at the KPCC.

Kharge said these issues did not figure when chief minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar met him and Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday. "Our discussions were on the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium and caste survey," he said.

Kharge said the stampede has worried everybody, including the Congress. "It should not have happened. I, myself, and Rahul Gandhi have told the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister to take all necessary steps in future to prevent such incidents. They briefed us about the incident and the steps taken afterward including suspension of police officers, ordering magisterial inquiry and judicial inquiry and payment of compensation to the aggrieved," he said.