BENGALURU: Karnataka cupboard, led by CM Siddaramaiah, suggested governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday to behave swiftly on the pending prosecution towards Union minister for heavy trade and metal HD Kumaraswamy. It additionally suggested the governor to approve prosecution towards MLAs Shashikala Jolle, G Janardhan Reddy, and former minister Murugesh Nirani.
“The Cupboard determined to advise governor beneath Article 163 (of the Structure) to right away act on pending circumstances,” state regulation and parliamentary affairs minister HK Patil stated after the assembly.
Patil emphasised that the cupboard’s advice was “not vendetta politics” however a response to public demand for accountability. He defined that the cupboard’s function is to help and advise the governor, reinforcing the constitutional foundation of their advice. This clarification follows allegations of political retaliation following governor’s latest sanction to prosecute Siddaramaiah in reference to the Mysore City Growth Authority (MUDA) land allotment rip-off. Sanction to proceed towards Siddaramaiah was granted on Aug 17 and is at the moment being challenged in HC, with the subsequent listening to scheduled for Aug 29.
