JD(S) Ministers, MLAs to review performance in Pune

Bangalore, Jan 4 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy, along with party Ministers and Legislators, will leave here tomorrow for Pune on a three-day visit to review the implementation of various programmes, initiated by the JD(S)-BJP coalition Government in the State.

According to official sources, the Chief Minister would review the performances of the JD(S) Ministers and hold one-to-one meetings with party Legislators on the status of implementation of various programmes initiated by his Government.

The Legislators and Ministers would stay at a resort near Pune.

The meeting assumed political significance in the wake of the defeat of the party candidate in the Chamundeshwari Assembly bypoll at the hands of his bete noire and former Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of the Congress last month. The Chief Minister was also expected to discuss the pros and cons of continuing the alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and seek the party leaders' opinion.

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