<p>Unlike his predecessors who had avoided visiting the jinxed Chamarajanagar, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has decided to go to the town to inaugurate developmental works there tomorrow.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I am going to Chamarajanagar tomorrow to inaugurate various development works and offer prayers at M M Hills Temple, not to prove wrong the myth attached to the town," he told reporters here.<br /><br />The jinx attached to Chamarajnagar town, located 61 kms from Mysore, is that any Chief Minister visiting it will lose his post within six months of visit.<br /><br />Shettar said it was his duty as the Chief Minister to visit all the districts including Chamarajanagar to understand people's problems there.<br /><br />The Chief Minister said he had visited all the districts including Chamarajnagar and held review meetings when he was the Revenue Minister.<br /><br />The jinx started doing rounds in the 80s after S R Bommai and Veerendra Patil lost power after they visited the town. Successive Chief Ministers from S Bangrappa to Dharam Singh stayed away from the town.<br /><br />However, Singh's successor JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy braved the odds and paid a visit to Chamarajnagar on May 28, 2007, becoming the first Chief Minister to be at the town in 16 years.<br /><br />Responding to a query, Shettar said he would convene one more meeting with Deputy Commissioners of all districts to solve drinking water problem.<br /><br />Assembly elections are due in the state in coming May.</p>
<p>Unlike his predecessors who had avoided visiting the jinxed Chamarajanagar, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has decided to go to the town to inaugurate developmental works there tomorrow.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I am going to Chamarajanagar tomorrow to inaugurate various development works and offer prayers at M M Hills Temple, not to prove wrong the myth attached to the town," he told reporters here.<br /><br />The jinx attached to Chamarajnagar town, located 61 kms from Mysore, is that any Chief Minister visiting it will lose his post within six months of visit.<br /><br />Shettar said it was his duty as the Chief Minister to visit all the districts including Chamarajanagar to understand people's problems there.<br /><br />The Chief Minister said he had visited all the districts including Chamarajnagar and held review meetings when he was the Revenue Minister.<br /><br />The jinx started doing rounds in the 80s after S R Bommai and Veerendra Patil lost power after they visited the town. Successive Chief Ministers from S Bangrappa to Dharam Singh stayed away from the town.<br /><br />However, Singh's successor JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy braved the odds and paid a visit to Chamarajnagar on May 28, 2007, becoming the first Chief Minister to be at the town in 16 years.<br /><br />Responding to a query, Shettar said he would convene one more meeting with Deputy Commissioners of all districts to solve drinking water problem.<br /><br />Assembly elections are due in the state in coming May.</p>