Dharwad Cong feud reaches Delhi

hubli: the internecine battle between two factions of dharwad district congress unit has reached new delhi: four congress mlas are camping in indraprastha to wangle a deal. once factionalism blew up in its face during the recent civic elections, the patil-hindasgeri faction is bracing up for another fight to ostensibly regain its lost ground in the district.the foursome legislators, who are expected to return on tuesday, are eyeing the posts of hubli-dharwad city district congress committee president's post and a possible ministerial berth -- never mind chief minister s.m. krishna's assertion that there will neither be expansion nor reshuffle of the cabinet. sources in the party said navalgund mla k.n. gaddi is being projected for the possible ministerial berth. if gaddi lands a berth -- that is a big ``if'' -- it would be a serious setback to the congress strongman of the region, h.k. patil. the sources said labour minister a.m. hindasgeri, considered a protege of patil, will be the main casualty in the game of oneupmanship. to counter this, the patil-hindasgeri faction is trying to buy peace by urging the high command to saddle gaddi with the reins of party's district unit. this, the faction believes, will not only blunt the attack being mounted against it but also strip gaddi of chances to become minister. moreover, this will be in tune with the congress' one-man-one-post mantra. and the upshot: hindasgeri can still be a minister. what has not gone well with the patil-hindasgeri group is projecting youth congress leader vishwaprakash ullagaddimath as the prospective district chief. this group is backing the candidature of former hduda chairman raja desai. it is learnt that the h.k. patil group will see to it that the chances of vishwaprakash ullagaddimath are stymied at any cost. the third angle: former minister s.r. morey, ploughing a lonely furrow, is lobbying for his supporter. the first choice, according to party insiders, for the district president's post was city mla jabbarkhan honalli, which the mla has refused to accept. honalli is now backing vishwaprakash ullagaddimath. the four mlas -- c.s. shivalli, k.n. gaddi, shivanand ambadgatti and honalli -- were in delhi along with ullagaddimath. those who are opposed to hindasgeri in dharwad have been demanding cabinet berth to one of the mlas from the district. the issue came into the open during anjuman-e-islam election when mla jabbar khan fired the first salvo. he had demanded the sacking of hindasgeri for what he termed as non-performance. dharwad cong feud reaches delhi k r chakrapani times news network hubli: the internecine battle between two factions of dharwad district congress unit has reached new delhi: four congress mlas are camping in indraprastha to wangle a deal. once factionalism blew up in its face during the recent civic elections, the patil-hindasgeri faction is bracing up for another fight to ostensibly regain its lost ground in the district. the foursome legislators, who are expected to return on tuesday, are eyeing the posts of hubli-dharwad city district congress committee president's post and a possible ministerial berth -- never mind chief minister s.m. krishna's assertion that there will neither be expansion nor reshuffle of the cabinet. sources in the party said navalgund mla k.n. gaddi is being projected for the possible ministerial berth. if gaddi lands a berth -- that is a big ``if'' -- it would be a serious setback to the congress strongman of the region, h.k. patil. the sources said labour minister a.m. hindasgeri, considered a protege of patil, will be the main casualty in the game of oneupmanship. to counter this, the patil-hindasgeri faction is trying to buy peace by urging the high command to saddle gaddi with the reins of party's district unit. this, the faction believes, will not only blunt the attack being mounted against it but also strip gaddi of chances to become minister. moreover, this will be in tune with the congress' one-man-one-post mantra. and the upshot: hindasgeri can still be a minister. what has not gone well with the patil-hindasgeri group is projecting youth congress leader vishwaprakash ullagaddimath as the prospective district chief. this group is backing the candidature of former hduda chairman raja desai. it is learnt that the h.k. patil group will see to it that the chances of vishwaprakash ullagaddimath are stymied at any cost. the third angle: former minister s.r. morey, ploughing a lonely furrow, is lobbying for his supporter. the first choice, according to party insiders, for the district president's post was city mla jabbarkhan honalli, which the mla has refused to accept. honalli is now backing vishwaprakash ullagaddimath. the four mlas -- c.s. shivalli, k.n. gaddi, shivanand ambadgatti and honalli -- were in delhi along with ullagaddimath. those who are opposed to hindasgeri in dharwad have been demanding cabinet berth to one of the mlas from the district. the issue came into the open during anjuman-e-islam election when mla jabbar khan fired the first salvo. he had demanded the sacking of hindasgeri for what he termed as non-performance.