<p class="title">JD(S) state president leader A H Vishwanath on Tuesday urged Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to give representation to a Muslim leader from the party in his Cabinet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“In Andhra Pradesh, a deputy chief minister post is given to the community. Though the coalition government has completed one year, there is no<br />representation for Muslims from the JD(S),” A H Vishwanath told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vishwanath’s statement adds credence to speculation in political circles that the JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda has decided to induct party MLC B M Farooq during the Cabinet expansion scheduled on June 14.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources in JD(S) said coalition partner Congress has been mounting pressure on the regional party to induct two independents – R Shankar and N Nagesh – under its quota into the Cabinet. But Gowda has been insisting that the independent MLAs should be accommodated under the quota of<br />both the parties. Of three Cabinet vacancies, two belong to the JD(S) and one to the Congress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vishwanath further said he was firm on his decision to quit as the state JD(S) president. “I have already resigned. The question of me reconsidering does not arise,” he added.</p>
<p class="title">JD(S) state president leader A H Vishwanath on Tuesday urged Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to give representation to a Muslim leader from the party in his Cabinet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“In Andhra Pradesh, a deputy chief minister post is given to the community. Though the coalition government has completed one year, there is no<br />representation for Muslims from the JD(S),” A H Vishwanath told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vishwanath’s statement adds credence to speculation in political circles that the JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda has decided to induct party MLC B M Farooq during the Cabinet expansion scheduled on June 14.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources in JD(S) said coalition partner Congress has been mounting pressure on the regional party to induct two independents – R Shankar and N Nagesh – under its quota into the Cabinet. But Gowda has been insisting that the independent MLAs should be accommodated under the quota of<br />both the parties. Of three Cabinet vacancies, two belong to the JD(S) and one to the Congress.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vishwanath further said he was firm on his decision to quit as the state JD(S) president. “I have already resigned. The question of me reconsidering does not arise,” he added.</p>