State govt. to extend service of CS Rathna Prabha for three months
CM seeks centre’s approval for extension
Bengaluru, June 18: Amidst speculations about the next candidate to head the executive, the state government has decided to extend the service of the Chief Secretary of Karnataka government, K Rathna Prabha for further period of three months, for which Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy sent a letter to the Central government to approve the extension of the service of the officer.
In his letter written to the central government on June 18, the Chief Minister said that Ratna Prabha is under extension service till June, 2018. As she has an exemplary track record with immense experience in the state administration about multitude of central and state government sponsored schemes and there are several issues of governance and administration that need to be dealt with, the newly formed government is needed an officer of her caliber and experience to assist it. Therefore, the government of Karnataka has decided to extend the service of K Ratna Prabha, Chief Secretary to the government of Karnataka for the period of three months- till September 2018 for the smooth functioning of the incumbent government, he said and requested the central government to approve the extension of the service of K Ratna Prabha, a 1981 batch IAS officer, for further period of three months with effect from July 1, 2018.
It is noted that this will be her second extension in the service. She was appointed as Chief Secretary to the government of Karnataka on November 28, 2017 and her term was supposed to end on March 31, 2018. In view of the Assembly elections in Karnataka, the state government had written to the centre seeking extension of her tenure for three months and the centre had approved the extension. Even the extension of her service was to end on June 30, 2018. Once again, the state government has asked the centre to approve the extension of her service for further three months now.
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“Union Min. HDK has collected crores of rupees for bypolls,” alleges Cheluvarayaswamy
Mandya: Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy has accused Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy of collecting crores of rupees from various companies for the bypolls of three assembly constituencies of Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Addressing press persons on Monday, he stated that the JD(S)-BJP alliance has poured large amounts of funds into the bypolls of three constituencies in the state. “We could not compete against them, money alone cannot make anyone win. People will bless owing to our pro-people programs,” he added.
He claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party through its ‘operation lotus’ has been attempting to poach Congress legislators since the formation of the government in 2023. He further said, “Kumaraswamy and BJP leaders keep saying that the government will fall, what other proof is required to determine that Operation lotus is being conducted.”
“Everyone is aware that operation lotus cannot run without money. They have lured our MLAs with money. However, our legislators have ignored such attempts. We will provide adequate proof about the amount of money and the legislators they tried to poach at the right time. Let them (BJP-JDS) prove allegations against us (Congress) first,” said the Minister responding to a reporter’s question.
Cheluvarayaswamy also refuted claims of scandal and cited them as ‘baseless.’ He further said, “Everything is under investigation. Ask them to prove their allegations first. It is just an illusion that the state government will fall owing to the scams.”
