Bengaluru, (DHNS): With murmurs about anomalies in the appointment of new KPCC officer-bearers growing louder, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is learnt to have asked party MLAs not to comment on the issue in public.

Chairing the Congress legislature party meeting at the Vidhana Soudha on Monday, he said the party high command had finalised the list of office-bearers. KPCC president G Parameshwara will look into the list, if necessary. Congress MLAs should focus on preparations for the next elections, he is learnt to have said.

Many Congress MLAs and senior leaders are reportedly upset with the list. Some of them were even planning to express their ire at the legislature party meeting. Senior leader K H Muniyappa had reportedly expressed his dissatisfaction over what he termed the inadequate representation given to SC (left) or Madiga community. The Congress high command recently released a 171-member office-bearers’ list, as part of the preparations for the next Assembly elections. Sources in the party said the KPCC is likely to recommend revision of the list to the high command.

Social Welfare Minister H Anjaneya told reporters the party had accommodated everybody. “Left, right, front, back...everybody has been accommodated. It is not proper to simply complain about the list,” he told reporters as they sought his comment.