<p>Senior BJP leader Dhananjay Kumar said on Monday that he had neither received the party’s show-cause notice for ‘anti-party’ activities nor a letter from the chief minister terminating his services as the State’s special representative in Delhi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He said he continued to hold the post of Special Representative of Karnataka in New Delhi as he had not received any letter from the chief minister terminating his appointment.<br /><br />“I am getting copies of the government letters inviting me to attend meetings. I presume I am being continued,” he said. <br /><br />“I have offices in Delhi and at the Vikasa Soudha in Bangalore. I have 11 staff, including a driver and a gunman. I enjoy the status of a Cabinet minister. Unless I am officially terminated, how can I assume that I have been relieved of the responsibility,” he asked. He said though he received no communication from the government, the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DP&AR) had stopped paying him honorarium and his bills had been kept pending since July.<br /><br />“The arrears is about Rs 10 lakh, including my air travel expenses. I am entitled to an honorarium of Rs 25,000 a month, house rent of Rs 50,000, besides travel and dearness allowances. I have written to the DP&AR asking it to clear my dues,” he said.</p>
<p>Senior BJP leader Dhananjay Kumar said on Monday that he had neither received the party’s show-cause notice for ‘anti-party’ activities nor a letter from the chief minister terminating his services as the State’s special representative in Delhi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He said he continued to hold the post of Special Representative of Karnataka in New Delhi as he had not received any letter from the chief minister terminating his appointment.<br /><br />“I am getting copies of the government letters inviting me to attend meetings. I presume I am being continued,” he said. <br /><br />“I have offices in Delhi and at the Vikasa Soudha in Bangalore. I have 11 staff, including a driver and a gunman. I enjoy the status of a Cabinet minister. Unless I am officially terminated, how can I assume that I have been relieved of the responsibility,” he asked. He said though he received no communication from the government, the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DP&AR) had stopped paying him honorarium and his bills had been kept pending since July.<br /><br />“The arrears is about Rs 10 lakh, including my air travel expenses. I am entitled to an honorarium of Rs 25,000 a month, house rent of Rs 50,000, besides travel and dearness allowances. I have written to the DP&AR asking it to clear my dues,” he said.</p>
