Bengaluru | BS Yediyurappa will have three deputy Chief Ministers but one of them stands out. Laxman Savadi has been previously known for his controversy.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has announced that the state will have three deputy chief ministers — Govind Karjol, Ashwath Narayan and Laxman Savadi.
“National and state leaders made me Deputy Chief Minister, they have shown faith in me. I will make the party stronger and bring good name to the government. I did not ask for this post, senior leaders gave it to me, I accepted it,” Mr Savadi told news agency ANI in Bengaluru today.
In 2012, Mr Savadi and two others were caught watching a pornographic movie in an ongoing assembly session.
He later sought to clarify that they were watching it for “educational purposes, to know more about the rave parties”. The assembly was scheduled to discuss a rave party scandal in the same session.
Incidentally, Savadi’s viewing partner CC Patil was a minister for women and child development at the time.
Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao reacted, “This government is full of comedy. Jail-return is CM [BS Yediyurappa] and person who watched porn is deputy CM.”
BJP MLA MP Renukacharya, a close aide of Mr Yediyurappa, has protested Laxman Savadi’s inclusion. “What was the necessity or urgency to induct him (Laxman Savadi) as a minister even though he lost the election?” he asked on Friday.
There has been a wave of criticism on Savandi’s appointment as a Deputy CM too. Savadi is not an MLA or an MLC, but still inducted into the cabinet.
BJP sources said Savadi was rewarded as he was among those who played a key role in getting 17 MLAs from the Congress and JDS to resign from the Assembly.
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