Caught in ‘sex for favours’ scandal, Karnataka Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi resigns
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Minister for Major and Medium Irrigation Ramesh Jarkiholi submitted his resignation from Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday, a day after allegations of him in search of sexual favours from a girl in return for a authorities job emerged.
A CD allegedly containing recordings of his intimate moments with the lady was submitted to Bengaluru police by an activist on Wednesday.
The resignation letter written by Ramesh Jarkiholi
Mr Jarkiholi has despatched his resignation letter to the Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and acknowledged that he was resigning from the submit to avoid wasting the occasion from embarrassment and that he must be reinstated as soon as confirmed harmless. He has described the allegations as removed from true.
Earlier in the day his brother and BJP chief Bakakrishna Jarkiholi met the Chief Minister and sough a CBI inquiry into the incident.
Mr. Jarkiholi led the staff of 17 MLAs from the Opposition events who switched to the BJP from the Congress, which finally led to the autumn of the Congress–JD(S) coalition authorities and formation of the BJP authorities.
Besides the occasion he stop, a lot of BJP previous timers too weren’t comfy with Mr. Jarkiholi’s on the spot political progress.
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