<p class="title">Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, on Friday, put to rest all speculations that he was disappointed over not being made incharge of the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“I myself had requested Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to continue Jagadish Shettar as incharge of the district. Hence, there is no question of disappointment,” he said in a statement here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the responsibility of his portfolio was huge. So, he was not keen on the additional responsibility of Belagavi, a big district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jarkiholi said Shettar being the incharge minister was akin to he (Jarkiholi) himself being the incharge minister.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister said he had conveyed to the chief minister that he would take charge of the district one year prior to the elections.</p>
<p class="title">Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, on Friday, put to rest all speculations that he was disappointed over not being made incharge of the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“I myself had requested Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to continue Jagadish Shettar as incharge of the district. Hence, there is no question of disappointment,” he said in a statement here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the responsibility of his portfolio was huge. So, he was not keen on the additional responsibility of Belagavi, a big district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jarkiholi said Shettar being the incharge minister was akin to he (Jarkiholi) himself being the incharge minister.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister said he had conveyed to the chief minister that he would take charge of the district one year prior to the elections.</p>
