Former RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa
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K.S. Eshwarappa, former Minister, has said he will “politely protest” against his non-inclusion in the State Cabinet by not attending the winter session of the Assembly. He told journalists in Bagalkot that he was hurt that he was not made a Minister despite the police clearing him of all charges.
“I will go to Belagavi, but not attend the session. This is my polite way of protesting against non-inclusion in the Cabinet. I have got a clean chit from the police in the case of the alleged suicide of civil contractor Santosh Patil. I resigned after my name was linked to the case. But I have been cleared of charges. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has been promising to make me a Minister. People are calling me up to ask why I have not been included in the Cabinet. It is insulting. My followers are deeply pained. That is why I have decided to stay away from the session. I have sought the Speaker’s permission to remain absent,” he said.