Satish Jarkiholi submits resignation

January 28, 2015 12:53 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 05:19 pm IST - Bengaluru:

BANGALORE, 18/05/2013: Satish Jarkiholi, Cabinet Minister at the swearing- in ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in Bangalore on May 18, 2013.
Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

BANGALORE, 18/05/2013: Satish Jarkiholi, Cabinet Minister at the swearing- in ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in Bangalore on May 18, 2013. Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

In what could cause more embarrassment to the Siddarmiah government in the State, Satish L. Jarkiholi, who has backed Mr. Siddaramaiah strongly in the past, tendered his resignation as Cabinet Minister on Tuesday. The development comes at a time when the Chief Minister has been consistently under pressure from his own partymen over Cabinet portfolios, and from Opposition parties over the Arkvathi denotification issue. Mr. Jarkiholi, who was reportedly not happy with the Excise portfolio, had been requesting for a change. In what was seen as a hint of things to come, he was not present at the Belagavi airport on Sunday to greet Mr. Siddaramaiah.

The CM told presspersons at Kundargi in Gokak taluk he was unaware of Mr. Jarkiholi’s absence and his request could be addressed during the Cabinet reshuffle.

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