Siddaramaiah government expanded its Cabinet on Monday

An expansion of the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka took place on Monday, nearly three months after a major rejig which had triggered discontent over dropping off some ministers.

"State cabinet expansion will take place on September 5 at 4.30 pm at Glass House of Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru," Department of Information and Public Relations said in a release here.

Sources in the state Congress said that M Krishnappa, a Vokkaliga leader representing Vijaynagar Assembly constituency here, is likely to be inducted into the cabinet.

This is seen by political observers as a move by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, heading the three-year-old Congress government, to assuage the ruffled sentiments of Vokkaliga community who have been expressing their ire for dropping their leaders -- M H Ambareesh and Kimmane Ratnakar in June this year.

The chief minister, in a major revamp, had sacked 14 ministers and inducted 13 members into his Council of Ministry on June 20, which led to discontent with actor-turned-politician Ambareesh resigning as MLA.

• Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
• Cabinet rejig
• cabinet expansion