Ahead of Karnataka Budget Session, Kumaraswamy removes dissenting MLA from plum post

Bengaluru | Friday | 8th February, 2019

Summary:

The Budget Session will be held at 12.32 pm, following legislative party meetings by the Congress, BJP an JDS. Ahead of the Budget Session, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has removed dissenting Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav from the post of chairman of the Warehouse Corporation and replaced him with Pratap Gowda Patil. This development can be seen as a move towards pleasing potential rebels in an effort to pacify them ahead of Friday's Budget Session. Basanagouda Daddal, the Congress MLA from Raichur, has been appointed as the chairman of Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Board. The development comes a day after 10 Congress lawmakers skipped the joint session, which was marked by the huge uproar..