Bommai was sworn in on July 28, after the BJP high command decided to drop its aging party mascot in Karnataka, asking the 78-year-old veteran leader to step down on July 26, right after he completed two years. were taken. Office.
In the notification issued by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), 19 people have been relieved from various posts in the previous government.
The relief orders on August 1 and August 2 said that with Yeddyurappa resigning on July 26, cabinet also automatically dissolved, and consequently, any appointments made during Yeddyurappa’s tenure are also terminated by him or his deputy chief minister or ministers.
As per the August 1 order, Yeddyurappa’s advisor M Lakshminarayana and educationist MR Doreswamy will no longer serve as advisors to the government on education reforms.
Similarly, Beluru Sudarshan has been relieved from the post of e-governance advisor to the Chief Minister.
Startup investor Prashant Prakash, advisor to the Chief Minister on policy and strategy, was also allowed to go as before. mlc Mohan Limbikai, who was the legal advisor to the Chief Minister.
Yeddyurappa’s three political secretaries – MPs Renukacharya, DN Jeevaraj and NR Santosh – will also visit.
Karnataka’s special representative in New Delhi, Shankaragowda Patil, has also got relief.
The notification came days after Bommai elected V Ponnuraj, a 2000-batch IAS officer, as his secretary and replaced S Selvakumar, who was Yeddyurappa’s choice.
Whereas as per the order dated August 2, all contractual appointments and advisory posts made by the three deputy chief ministers have been canceled and all government officials who came on deputation to work with the ministers, deputy chief ministers and chief ministers have been relieved of their duties. Freed and instructed. Asked them to report back to their parent departments with immediate effect.
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