Ministers have moved court fearing character assassination: Jagadish Shettar

Heavy Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Saturday a few ministers in the Yediyurappa’s Cabinet had moved the court to prevent an impending character assassination.

Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, he said one cannot restore his/her reputation once wrong information is circulated. “To prevent such a scenario, the six ministers have approached the court and there is nothing wrong in it,” he said and added that elected representatives are living in strange times, where a victim of sexual harassment is not filing a case, but someone else is.

Breach of privilege

Taking a dig at the Leader of Opposition in Assembly Siddaramaiah, Shetter said the Congress leader should feel ashamed of justifying the deeds of Bhadravathi MLA B K Sangamesh. “Sangamesh should be suspended from Assembly for rest of the term for his unruly behaviour in the House and also for threatening the speaker,” Shettar said.

Speaker’s ruling is final and cannot be questioned, he said and added that threatening the speaker amounts to a breach of privilege. Sangamesh is not fit to be an MLA, he charged.

When asked about, Ramesh Jarkiholi’s condition (for resigning from the post of minister) of making his brother Balachandra Jarkiholi a Cabinet minister, Shettar said he would not discuss such issues in public and the party will take a decision on it.