With just months to go for assembly polls, a nearly year-old cabinet expansion proposal continues to hang fire. The BJP brass is yet to approve the exercise despite chief minister Basavaraj Bommai dashing to New Delhi for the umpteenth time to obtain clearance for the same. Besides, top posts in several state corporations and boards - which are typically used to appease disgruntled legislators who do not make it to the cabinet - have been vacant.https://ift.tt/plFWci1