Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh today convened a high-level meeting of officials on Monday to discuss whether the state should meet PM Manmohan Singh.The decision follows Tamil Nadu CM J. Jayalalithaa’s demand to convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) to press for release of Cauvery waters. Singh declined to comment on Jayalalithaa’s letter to the PM that sought a CRA meeting for reviewing the overall situation regarding the implementation of the Cauvery Tribunal’s interim orders by Karnataka.Singh said Union Minister T.R. Baalu spoke to him over the phone and told him that a delegation led by the DMK would meet him in Bangalore on June 10 to discuss the issue.On the government formation in the state, CM Singh announced that the next Cabinet expansion would be completed in ‘‘one go’’ and would fill up all the remaining 22 ministerial berths.Speaking to reporters after former Minister R.V. Deshpande was sworn in as pro-tem Speaker of the Assembly here, Singh also hinted that the next expansion could take place any time after the first session of the Legislature concluded, which is expected to last till June 16.
