Participating in a rally at Freedom Park in Bengaluru to protest the Governor’s sanction for prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said that Gehlot was ‘nalaayak’ (unfit) to continue in office.
Bengaluru: Accusing Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot of acting like an agent of the BJP, Karnataka ministers Krishna Byre Gowda, Dinesh Gundu Rao and B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan on Monday charged the former with trying to dislodge a ‘pro-Kannadiga’ government.
Participating in a rally at Freedom Park in Bengaluru to protest the Governor’s sanction for prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said that Gehlot was ‘nalaayak’ (unfit) to continue in office. “The law is very clear. Petitions seeking sanction for prosecution in such cases should either be submitted by the Lokayukta or the DIG, but this Governor has approved the request, acting on a ‘passerby’ complaint. Does he have any right to continue as Governor?” asked the minister.
Deputy CM and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar underscored the irony of Gehlot, who swore the Congress government to power, was now trying to topple it. The people of Karnataka had blessed the Siddaramaiah-led Congress with 136 seats in the Assembly polls, said the Deputy CM. “Don’t tarnish the respectable post of Governor. It is ironic that the Governor has said that the allegations against the CM are serious, given that there has been no probe into the case by any agency,” Shivakumar added.
The alleged scam in MUDA is a conspiracy hatched by the JD(S), BJP and the Sangh Parivar, said Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao.