Karnataka minister Shankar Patil Munenkoppa skips secrecy oath, gets Raj Bhavan call

In a gaffe, Navalgund legislator Shankar Patil Munenkoppa skipped taking the oath of secrecy on Wednesday, resulting in Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administering the oath to him afresh in the evening.

At the swearing-in ceremony, Munenakoppa read out the oath of office twice instead of the oath of secrecy the second time.

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He rushed to Raj Bhavan again in the evening where he took the oath again in the presence of the Governor and Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar.

“It is observed that [Munenakoppa] while taking the Oath of Office and Secrecy as minister has taken the Oath of Office twice and has not read the Oath of Secrecy. Hence, [Munenakoppa] was recalled to Raj Bhavan and the Governor of Karnataka administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy once again in the evening,” Governor’s Special Secretary R Prabhushankar said in a release.