Governor accepts resignations of three Karnataka ministers
February 8th, 2012 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 8 (IANS) Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Wednesday accepted the resignations of three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers, two of whom were caught on TV camera watching porn on the cell phone of the third in the assembly.
A communique from Raj Bhavan said the governor had accepted the resignations of Cooperation and Agricultural Marketing Minister Laxman Savadi, Women and Child Development Minister C.C. Patil and Minister for Environment, Ecology and Ports Krishna Palemar on the recommendation of Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda.
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