BENGALURU: Efforts by Congress seniors to mollify rebels with the offer of cabinet berths has created a new problem for the party, with some party loyalists questioning the decision which they say is “unfair and unjust”. Some loyalists even threw their hats in the ring for ministerial berths on Tuesday, questioning why they shouldn’t be made ministers if rebels were being rewarded.MLAs Ajay Singh, V Muniyappa and H Nagesh, the Independent MLA from Mulbagal, made no bones about their desire to be made ministers. Singh questioned the decision of party bosses to reward rebels with cabinet berths.“The party should consider rewarding loyal MLAs. But, unfortunately, rebels are being rewarded,” he told reporters in Kalaburagi. He claimed he was contacted by BJP netas to switch sides, but being a loyal Congressman, he would not leave the party.Muniyappa and Nagesh met CM HD Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru with a request to make them ministers. Nagesh was accompanied by water resources minister DK Shivakumar, who returned from an Australia tour late Monday night.“As Gandhi said not to speak, see or listen to bad things, I’ve decided not to say anything on the ongoing political developments,” Shivakumar told reporters when asked about dissidence within the party. Incidentally, Shivakumar had triggered some of the problems for the coalition government by interfering in Belagavi district politics. This had then caused Ramesh Jarkiholi to rebel.Besides Ajay, Muniyappa and Nagesh, Jarkiholi, BC Patil, B Nagendra and Bheema Naik are also in the race to become ministers.Meanwhile, Kumaraswamy reached out to two Congress MLAs from Bengaluru, ST Somashekhar and Byrathi Basavaraj, assuring them he would fulfil their demands.The CM is said to have agreed to the demand of Somashekhar, chairman of the Bengaluru Development Authority, to replace commissioner Rakesh Singh at the development authority, with whom Somashekhar is in a running feud.The Congress legislature party meeting will be held on Wednesday, where a final decision on filling the lone vacancy under its quota in the Kumaraswamy cabinet is likely to be taken. Currently, there are three vacancies in the cabinet — two of which under the JD(S) quota.Legislators could also decide on ministers who should step down to accommodate rebels, if situation demands it. As of now, minister Krishna Byregowda, Jayamala, Priyank Kharge and UT Khader have reportedly offered to quit ministries for the party cause.Congress general secretary and Karnataka in-charge KC Venugopal who will attend the CLP meet, with Ghulam Nabi Azad was scheduled to be in Bengaluru by Tuesday evening. But the plan was cancelled as both were held up in meetings in New Delhi.