BENGALURU, 30 JULY 

In a bid to placate disgruntled legislators and address their grievances, State Chief Minister Siddaramaiah continued to hold one-on-one meetings with Congress MLAs.

The exercise, aimed at ironing out differences within the ruling party, comes in the wake of mounting discontent among some legislators who have expressed displeasure over the slow pace of development works in their constituencies. Many of them have blamed the implementation of the Congress government's five pre-poll guarantees for the delay.

Siddaramaiah met legislators from Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal, Vijayanagara and Ballari districts on Wednesday. According to sources, these interactions are likely to continue till Saturday.

Siddaramaiah on Tuesday held discussions with ministers and MLAs from Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Tumakuru, Kodagu, Hassan and Dakshina Kannada districts.

Notably, Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar was not included in the meetings, a decision that raised eyebrows in political circles.