Priority is to build Cong in Karnataka as cadre based party:

Building the Congress in Karnataka as a cadre based party with discipline was his priority, newly appointed state unit president D K Shivakumar said on Monday.

Shivakumar was on March 11 appointed as KPCC chief after the party suffered virtual vacuum for nearly three months since the resignation of Dinesh Gundu Rao after the Congress' rout in the assembly bypolls in December.

"Taking everyone together, we (he and his team) want to strengthen the party's foundation, we want to give strength to karyakartas (workers)," Shivakumar told reporters here.

He said the intention is to build the party as cadre based party and not as a mass based one.

"Four of us (Shivakumar and three working presidents) have decided to discuss and prepare a programme in this regard. This is our first priority."
We are not worried about numbers or quantity on our side, it can be changed anytime, he said, adding that "quality and discipline is my priority and will function keeping it in mind."