Bengaluru, 22 Sept 

Senior Congress leader and MLC Saleem Ahmed, on Monday, indicating about the possibility of a cabinet reshuffle in November, with the Karnataka government completing 2.5 years in office, said the party leadership has been requested to give an opportunity to new faces.

Stating that he too is a ministerial aspirant, the Government Chief Whip in the Legislative Council said he had faced "injustice" during the previous cabinet exercise.

"In November, our government will complete 2.5 years in office, and cabinet expansion (reshuffle) will happen. We have already told the leadership, the chief minister, senior leaders that 50 per cent of the ministers should be given the party responsibility and new people should be given an opportunity, thereby strengthening both party organisation and the government," Ahmed said. "We are confident that the reshuffle will happen in November."

Stating that he has won the MLC polls from Kittu Karnataka region districts of Gadag, Dharwad and Haveri districts, he further said, "no minority person from the Kittur Karnataka region has been given an opportunity in the last 20 years..." "Injustice had happened to me," he said.