Bengaluru: After three days of uncertainty, RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, who is in the thick of the row over his role in the suicide of Belagavi- based contractor Santosh Patil, submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai here on Friday. Even as Eshwarappa submitted his resignation to the CM at the latter’s official residence,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Just 48 hours before RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa on Thursday said that he was going to resign over allegations of commission in sanctioning of tenders and bills made by a contractor who ended his life, the RDPR Department in a sudden move, transferred 29 PDOs (Panchayat Development Officers) of Mysuru District in one go…
Karnataka’s Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K.S. Eshwarappa resigned yesterday as he was named accused number one in the suicide of a civil contractor Santosh Patil. The civil contractor had accused the Minister of harassing him for a ‘40 percent commission’ to clear payment of about Rs. 4 crore for road projects completed…
Bengaluru: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and senior BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa, who is facing charges of abetment to suicide in connection with the death of Santosh Patil, a civil contractor in Udupi, will be stepping down from his post in the State Cabinet this evening, ending days of defiance. Reports from Shivamogga said…
Minister Eshwarappa addresses media at BJP office in Shivamogga Shivamogga/Bengaluru: Amid reports that he is set to resign over contractor Santosh Patil’s suicide and FIR registered against him for suicide-abetment, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa has clarified today that he will not resign and this is a political conspiracy created to tarnish…
Bengaluru: A Congress delegation led by KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar and Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah met Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot here this morning demanding the expulsion of Minister K.S. Eshwarappa from the State Cabinet as well as his arrest over contractor Santosh Patil’s death They demanded the Governor to direct the Police to “take cognisance of the…
Udupi: A First In-formation Re-port (FIR) has been registered at Udupi Town Police Station against senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K.S. Eshwarappa after Santosh K. Patil, a contractor, who had accused the Minister of demanding commission for road construction, was found dead at Shambhavi Hotel in…
Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the party would retain power by winning 150 seats in the forthcoming Assembly polls, State BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel said that the party’s organisational set up was very much active even during the COVID pandemic by responding to people problems and addressing several issues. Addressing a press meet at Lalitha Mahal…
Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa’s remarks that saffron flag would be hoisted atop the Red Fort in New Delhi, the City and District Congress staged a demonstration at Gandhi Square in the city this morning seeking immediate sacking of the Minister. Terming Eshwarappa’s remarks as highly unconstitutional in nature, the protesters, who held…
Bengaluru: The indefinite day and night stir launched by the Congress in the Assembly Council Hall here demanding sacking of RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa for his reported remarks that the saffron flag would be hoisted atop New Delhi’s Red Fort, entered the third day today, with the Opposition party severely targeting Eshwarappa for his alleged…
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