According to the new order, the government has asked the corporator to continue till the case registered by the Lokayukta is disposed off by the High Court.
Reacting to the order, Opposition leader M Nagaraj, lauded the ‘u-turn’ stating “The Chief Minister must look at the tainted ministers within its own government before suspending other public representatives.”
Lokayukta sleuths had trapped Govindraju red-handed for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a City builder two months ago.
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