Karnataka Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna was on Monday dismissed from the Cabinet with Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot accepting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s recommendation to sack him.
Initially, Siddaramaiah asked Rajanna to resign. However, since he resisted the proposal, he was removed from the Cabinet, sources in the chief minister’s office told PTI.
A letter to remove Rajanna was sent by the chief minister to the governor in the afternoon and the recommendation was accepted by the Raj Bhavan.
Special Secretary to Governor R Prabhushankar wrote to the Karnataka Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, forwarding the notification removing Rajanna from the Council of Ministers.
Sources in the CM’s office said Rajanna’s recent statement blaming his own party-led government in Karnataka for the “vote theft” in Mahadevapura assembly segment during the Lok Sabha elections was the reason for his dismissal.
Rajanna is regarded a Siddaramaiah loyalist.
CM Siddaramaiah dismisses Minister Rajanna from Cabinet
BENGALURU, AUG 11 (PTI)