Row over Minister H.C. Mahadevappa’s grandson in open jeep with dignitaries during Mysuru Dasara programme

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with Social Welfare Minister Dr. H. C. Mahadevappa.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with Social Welfare Minister Dr. H. C. Mahadevappa. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar

Following a enactment implicit the beingness of the grandson of Social Welfare Minister H. C. Mahadevappa successful an unfastened jeep with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM D. K. Shivakumar and their furniture colleagues earlier the commencement of the Vijayadashami procession astatine Mysuru Palace connected October 3, Mr. Mahadevappa denied immoderate usurpation of protocol.

The absorption BJP had taken objection to the Minister’s grandson accompanying the dignitaries during the Dasara event.

Mr. Mahadevappa’s grandson hopped connected to the unfastened jeep carrying Mr Siddaramaiah and different dignitaries from the Nandi flagpole, conscionable extracurricular the North Gate of Mysuru Palace, to their seating enclosure wrong the palace premises, aft the customary Nandi Dhwaja pooja earlier the commencement of the Vijayadashami procession.

On October 4, Mr. Mahadevappa, who is the Minister successful complaint of Mysuru district, told reporters that determination was nary protocol progressive during the question of dignitaries from the Nandi flagpole to their seating enclosure. “There is nary protocol oregon salute involved. Anybody tin spell arsenic they wish,” helium said adding that they chose to get connected to an unfastened jeep conscionable to question astatine the ample fig of radical who had gathered to ticker the Jumbo Savari procession.

Mr. Mahadevappa said radical who are unaware astir Dasara whitethorn person created a controversy.

People’s Dasara

The Minister stated that this year’s Dasara was celebrated arsenic a ‘people’s Dasara’ with the palmy organisation of each the programmes related to the festival, earning the appreciation of the public.

Mr. Mahadevappa acknowledged the publication of the pourakarmikas, who kept the metropolis cleanable by clearing astir 1,000 tonnes of garbage that was generated during the 11-day-long Dasara festival.

He thanked Mr. Siddaramaiah for making disposable capable funds for the festival. “There was nary interference. We sat with the territory administration, discussed and planned programmes, keeping the wide nationalist successful mind,” helium said.

With respect to queries connected enactment change, Mr. Mahadevappa said the elected Congress MLAs nether the guidance of the enactment precocious bid had chosen Mr. Siddaramaiah arsenic the Chief Minister aft the Congress enactment was fixed a mandate by the radical for 5 years.

“We person a precocious command. Whatever determination they instrumentality is final. The Chief Minister has besides said the aforesaid thing. Mr. Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister now, and helium volition proceed successful the post. Whenever a concern arises, the precocious bid volition decide. There is nary request to unnecessarily speech astir a enactment change,” Mr. Mahadevappa said.

Published - October 04, 2025 03:54 p.m. IST

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