BANGALORE: Party activists made a beeline for the Janata Dal (Secular) headquarters here on the occasion of Republic Day to present their plea to party leaders to give them a suitable position in government boards and corporations for which appointments were expected to be made in another few days.

The party activists have been waiting for over two years expecting a position in the Government and now that the Ministry expansion exercise has been completed, the party leaders were expected to begin the exercise of filling the positions in boards and corporations.

The two coalition partners — JD (S) and the BJP — have shared the boards and corporations and the appointments would be made soon. The BJP has announced the first list of appointments. Interestingly, none of the top leaders were present at the party office on Friday to give an audience to the grassroots level workers and other activists of the party. Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was away at the Government's main Republic Day programme at the parade grounds while the State unit president and Home Minister, M.P. Prakash, was away in Bellary to hoist the National Flag and participate in the district celebrations.

The former Prime Minister and JD(S) president, H.D. Deve Gowda, who is at the party headquarters on the occasion of Republic Day and Independence Day, could not attend owing to indisposition. The National Flag was hoisted by the senior vice-president of the party and the former minister Thippeswamy. Janata Dal (S) city unit president D.S. Srikantamurthy was present.

Sources in the party told The Hindu that of the nearly 100 boards and corporations apart from regional area development committees and other agencies of the Government, party leaders had decided to equally share the positions between the elected representatives and the party activists. Apart from the appointment of chairmen to all these agencies, there was adequate scope for appointment as members of these bodies.

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