The record
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- Congress has attributed MLA Mankalu Vaidya's exclusion from the Karnataka cabinet expansion list to a typing error, with S.S.
- Mallikarjun appointed instead.
- Mallikarjun said Chief Minister D.K.
- Shivakumar phoned him in the morning asking him to come prepared, then he found his name missing from the list, and later the CM called again asking him to attend the swearing-in around 4 pm.
- He said he had no clear idea how the last-minute change happened and dismissed earlier reports about his ministerial post as untrue.
- He added that all communities, including Lingayats, SCs and STs, had been given equal representation.
What to watch next
- Whether the AICC's typing-error explanation settles the confusion over Mankalu Vaidya's exclusion
- Whether Mallikarjun's meeting with the Chief Minister clarifies the last-minute list change
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