Portfolios of newly inducted ministers of the H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition cabinet is likely to be announced Thursday, party leaders said, as they grappled with problems of dissent and portfolio allocation.
The leaders also sought to downplay the dissidence within the party, even as efforts were on to quell the disgruntlement that had emerged after the recent rejig.
Congress general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal held a series of meetings on portfolio allocation, which has become another concern as the new ministers lobbied for plum departments.
Several senior ministers were not willing to shed key portfolios they have, adding to the worry, party sources said.
Speaking to reporters after meeting the congress legislature party leader Siddaramaiah, pradesh congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao and deputy chief minister G Parameshwara among others, Venugopal said the portfolio list is being sent to Congress President Rahul Gandhi, for his approval.
"On portfolio allocation of new ministers, I have discussed with the leaders and took their view. It will now begoing for the approval of the Congress President, who will clear it very soon," he said.
Terming the meeting as "fruitful", Rao said Venugopal was likely to meet Gandhi Wednesday evening or night in Delhi, and he will finalise the portfolio allocation.
He said reports about ministers holding two or three portfolios not willing to give up some key departments for others, were "unnecessary speculation."
Reddy is also a "loyal" Congress leader, the party general secretary said, adding that "definitely, we will honour him and nothing will happen."
As Ramesh Jarkiholi is likely to make public his decision to quit as Congress MLA Thursday, Rao, describing him "hundred per cent Congress man", said he has got "Congress blood in him, so I don't see him going to a communal party like BJP."