Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday directed heads of all departments to cancel appointments of chairpersons of all boards and corporations coming under their purview.
Following the chief minister’s direction, N B Abbubakar, chairperson of Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation; Ganesh Karnik, vice chairperson of Non-Resident Indian Committee; M Rudresh, chairperson of Kanteerava Studios Limited were removed from their posts.
The recent BJP core committee meeting decided to drop all the existing chairpersons and make fresh appointments.
Published 24 December 2012, 18:27 IST