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After the logjam successful Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), Apex Bank seems to person go the latest casualty successful the enactment tussle betwixt Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.
The predetermination to the station of president of Apex Bank, scheduled for Thursday, has been indefinitely postponed aft erstwhile president Belli Prakash, a erstwhile BJP legislator from Kadur, withdrew his information astatine the behest of the Chief Minister. The five-year tenure of Mr. Prakash ended successful December 2025. Sharanagouda Bayyapur had filed nominations for the station of vice-chairman.
IAS serviceman S. Ziaullah has been posted arsenic the bank’s head now.
‘Always unanimous’
Confirming to The Hindu that helium had withdrawn his information forcing the postponement of elections, Mr. Prakash said that helium had done truthful “in the involvement of the fiscal institution”. “I did not privation to politicise the contented and hence withdrew my nomination. Also, predetermination to chairman’s station has ever been unanimous,” helium said.
Within the Congress, the leaders are undecided astir the campaigner for the chairman’s station arsenic the different 2 contenders are erstwhile Minister K.N. Rajanna, backed by the Chief Minister, and MLC S. Ravi, a comparative of the Deputy Chief Minister. Congress sources said that though meetings person been held aggregate times to code the issue, the campaigner could not beryllium finalised. Incidentally, the Co-operation portfolio is held by the Chief Minister aft Mr. Rajanna stepped down from the post.
“The substance has adjacent reached the Congress cardinal leaders, and AICC wide caput successful complaint of Karnataka Randeep Surjewala has spoken to the Chief Minister,” sources added.
Apex Bank sources said that Mr. Prakash withdrew aft speaking to the Chief Minister since remaining successful the fray would person made him elected unopposed. “The Congress is yet to marque up its caput connected the candidate, and since the legislature league is nether way, the determination has been delayed,” said the source.
Of the 21 territory cooperative banks that nonstop director-representatives to the Apex Bank, 18 were eligible to ballot connected Thursday. While predetermination has not been held successful Bagalkot DCC slope owed to tribunal cases, the Kolar DCC slope predetermination has been held but has reached the court. The Mysuru DCC slope representatives were nominated aft the electoral rotation was drawn and hence became ineligible, sources said.
Earlier tussle
The governmental tug of warfare betwixt the 2 leaders had earlier played retired successful predetermination to the station of Chairman of KMF. While D.K. Suresh, member of the Deputy Chief Minister and present the Bengaluru Milk Union Ltd. president, was successful the contention to caput the beverage cooperative behemoth, the Chief Minister is learnt to person pushed for Congress legislator from Koppal K. Raghavendra Hitnal. The KMF Chairman’s station is inactive lying vacant.
