The meeting was attended by KPCC President D.K.Shivakumar. The MLAs of the Kolar district were present to present their case before Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar. The CM had convened the meeting Thursday, since he had been camping in Mysore district to work out strategies to win both Mysuru-Kodagu and Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituencies. Both Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah expressed their unhappiness over the 'resignation drama' played by three MLAs and two MLCs including Minister Dr M.C.Sudhakar, and pulled them up for going to the media without waiting for them to return to Bengaluru.

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Sources said such kind of behaviour was not expected from them.  that too when the Lok Sabha elections are fast approaching.  They should have aired their grievances within the four walls but not in full public glare. This drama of resignation had given a tool for the opposition to attack the ruling party. The CM is learned to have told them that  the high command was seized of the matter and it would take a suitable decision in this regard. Till then no one must give statement to media regarding ticket distribution.

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The selection of the Congress candidate for the Kolar seat seems to have become a hard nut for the high command to crack with two factions demanding a ticket for their candidate. While Muniyappa wants the ticket to be given to his son-in-law Sanna Peddanna, another faction has favoured a ticket to anyone other than Muniyappa 's family. the Minister Dr MC Sudhakar nurses a grouse against Muniyappa who had got his father Chowda Reddy expelled from the party for contesting as independent candidate against the official candidate.

Now Dr Sudhakar and a set of MLAs and MLCs have joined Ramesh Kumar faction and trying to keep Muniyappa out of the Kolar politics once for all. Though the state leaders were aware this factionalism no attempt has been made to resolve. This kind of situation crops up during the election time and then subsides. Even the KPCC leaders also forget to resolve factionalism by calling all the concerned face to face.

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Now, ahead of the parliamentary election, th war among the factions have come to the fore to damage the party damage. The High Command has plans to give a ticket to any other person who hasn't identified in any of these two factions. Succumbing to pressure of any one faction would impact the party’s prospects.