Irked by seer's demand of three ministerial berth to his community; Yediyurappa offers to resign
Davangere: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday while acknowledging the role of MLAs in him becoming the Chief Minister of the state. Speaking at Harajatra festival in Davangere, the Chief Minister also added how the 17 disgruntled MLAs of Congress and JD(s) “blessed” him to become the CM of the state.
Yediyurappa in his address also sought support from the people in a bid to provide stable and development oriented government in the state for next three years. He also said he was ready to resign from the post of the CM if the people of the state believes that he was not an able CM.
Replying to the demand of Vachanananda swami of granting his community three ministerial berth to continue receiving support of the community, Yediyurappa added that his position as the CM of the state was not so stable owing mostly to the weak financial condition of the state.
Irked by the straightforward demand of the seer, Yediyurappa offered to resign as the CM of the state.
“I am struggling hard to get the financial stability to the state. If I you think I am not good enough to continue as the CM, I am ready to resign. I want your support and co-operation in running the state smoothly for next three years” Yediyurappa said while assuring the seer that he will consider his community grants before the next budget of his government.
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England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
London (AP): England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia.
A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said but he insisted, "This is not the time to throw everything out."
Managing director Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes kept their jobs after the best England side to go to Australia in 14 years lost the Ashes in 11 days with two games to spare.
“Moving people on can sometimes be the easy thing to do. That's not the route that we're going to take,” Gould said. “I've seen the driving ambition and determination that we're lucky enough to have within our leadership group to take the lessons from the Ashes and move forward.”
Gould previously was the chief executive of Bristol City soccer club and said the ECB would not follow the same route as soccer's hire-and-fire culture.
“Cricket is a very unique sport in that it takes a team of leadership ... it's not like football where there's a single point of failure or success with a manager," he said. He added the ECB would not “select or deselect management based on a popularity campaign.”
The main criticisms of England's tour were poor preparation, player misbehavior, and selection mistakes.
At a press conference at Lord's, Gould and Key said McCullum and Stokes have not had a “bust up,” they did not want McCullum to “completely change” but “to evolve,” the behavior of some players was “unprofessional,” there will be more consequences for underperforming, and a commitment to “better long-term planning” ahead of major test series.
Some changes were already implemented for the Twenty20 World Cup, where England reached the semifinals. Gould implied that performance saved McCullum.
Key acknowledged that England supporters would be disappointed to see the management team go unpunished.
“I know people want punishment and that people then should be sacked for that,” Key said. “That doesn't mean we don't feel like we've gone through some serious pain: Brendon, myself, Ben. It's been as tough a time as I think I've had.”
