No advisors required for Home dept: CM
Bengaluru, May 31: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that the Home department would not require any advisors as the police department has honest and efficient officers.
After holding a meeting with the police officers at Vidhana Soudha here on Thursday, the CM said that the police officers would work efficiently and he has directed the higher ups to give free hand to subordinates to work efficiently. Police department officers and staff should work as a family to develop the credibility. It should not work on the basis of any caste, he said.
He would discuss with the Congress leaders on appointing advisors in some sensitive departments and take a decision, he said blasting at Kempaiah who was the Home Department advisor indirectly.
Clear picture on cabinet expansion and formation of the coordination committee of the JDS-Congress coalition would be finalized on June 1. Leaders of both the parties would have a joint press conference over this issue, he said.
Congress incharge in Karnataka would visit Bengaluru tomorrow. He and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda would discuss with him on finalizing the portfolios and coordination committee. In view of the coalition government between JDS and Congress, discussions and meetings are necessary. It is common that many people wanted to become ministers. But there is no confusion among Congress and JDS leadership. Decision on expansion of the cabinet would be taken tomorrow, he said.
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Venkatesh Prasad elected KSCA president, Sujith Somasundar is new vice-president
Bengaluru (PTI): Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad was on Sunday elected as the new president of the troubled Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).
In the polls, Prasad, a former vice-president of the association, went ahead of veteran sports administrator KN Shanth Kumar 749-558 as a total of 1307 members voted.
Prasad now will have the onerous task of bringing top-flight cricket back to the state, which got sidelined after the stampede near the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4 in which 11 Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans were killed.
Both Prasad and Shanth Kumar, Director of The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd and one of the Directors on the PTI Board, had vowed to take necessary steps to revive cricket in the state, and it was their respective panel's major poll pitch.
Former India batter Sujith Somasundar won the election to the post of vice-president ahead of D. Vinod Shivappa 719-588.
Somasundar had stepped down from the post of Education Head at the BCCI Centre of Excellence recently to contest in the KSCA polls.
BN Madhukar is the new KSCA treasurer after winning the election 736-571 ahead of MS Vinay. Experienced administrator Santosh Menon returned to the association fold as its new secretary after getting the better of ES Jairam 675-632.
Jairam had resigned from the post of KSCA secretary after 11 fans were killed and several injured in the stampede near the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, taking the moral responsibility for the tragic turn of events.
The Prasad-led panel, which had the open backing of former India players Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, hence grabbed four key posts in the polls which were held at the Chinnaswamy Stadium between 10am and 5 pm.
“First and foremost, this is a victory for the sport of cricket. Secondly, this is a victory for all the members who wanted a change, all the people who wanted international cricket to come back to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. This is a victory for all stakeholders — the cricket fans,” Prasad told reporters after becoming president.
The Brijesh Patel-backed camp saw BK Ravi from its list winning the race to the post of joint secretary 669-638 ahead of AV Shashidhara.
Former women’s cricketer Kalpana Venkatachar (764) and former Karnataka wicketkeeper batter Avinash Vaidya (691), who contested from Prasad's panel, were elected as members from the Bangalore Zone along with Aashish Amarlall (703).
