Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday played down the closed-door meeting of senior ministers including him, amid speculations about cabinet reshuffle and chief minister change, stating that it was a "casual and a non-political" meeting.

He also termed the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's banquet for his Cabinet colleagues scheduled for October 13, as a "casual" meeting over meals, and downplayed speculations of CM change.

A closed-door meeting between Home Minister G Parameshwara, Social Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa, and Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi had created a buzz on Thursday.

"There is nothing. I don't know how you see it. We have met normally, this was not the first time. Several times we friends -- Jarkiholi (Satish Jarkiholi), Mahadevappa and I -- meet to

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