Ministers come to Chief Minister’s defence

Ministers Satish Jarkiholi and M.B. Patil person travel to the defence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who has travel nether onslaught from his loyalist and erstwhile Minister K.N. Rajanna implicit the handling of Muslim leaders successful the party. The erstwhile Minister had indicated that the Chief Minister had go helpless aft helium sacked his governmental secretary, Naseer Ahmed, and allowed the suspension of MLC Abdul Jabbar.

“Sometimes 1 needs to compromise for the payment of the enactment and the government. But it cannot beryllium construed arsenic being helpless,” Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi told reporters present connected Sunday. He acknowledged that Mr. Rajanna had been crisp and consecutive connected the issue. The Chief Minister has besides said that helium had spoken to Mr. Rajanna already without revealing overmuch astir it.