: Ruling out discontent in the Congress after the recent cabinet expansion, the party state unit chief Dinesh Gundu Rao Tuesday said loyalty would be the main criterion in the ministry reshuffle that is on the cards.
Rao said no one had expressed disgruntlement after the cabinet was expanded last week with the induction of two Independent MLAs and added that the party would not accept 'blackmailing' by anyone to get a ministerial berth.
He also said that he has already sought action from the high command against senior party legislator Roshan Baigfor his outburst against the state leadership.
Baig's alleged links with IMA jewels, allegedly involved in a financial fraud, duping thousands of investors, would be brought to the notice of central leadership, Rao told reporters here.
"Who has expressed disgruntlement? No one has done so.
We have already said- we have done cabinet expansion, when the reshuffle happens,those who are loyal to the Congress will get an opportunity in the days to come," Rao said.
He said "there should be loyalty towards the party and unnecessarily confusion should not be created about the government and no one should indulge in blackmailing. Such things cannot be accepted by the party."
He had also called Venugopal a "buffoon."
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