K'taka minister in alleged 'sex CD sting' resigns

March 03, 2021 14:16

Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi has resigned from the BS Yediyurappa government following allegations of sexual harassment. Jarkiholi has sent his resignation letter to the chief minister.

Purported video clips showing Ramesh Jarkiholi getting intimate with an unidentified woman, were widely aired by Kannada television news channels.

The allegation, just ahead of the Budget session of the state legislature starting from Thursday, has come as a huge embarrassment to B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government.

Ramesh Jarkiholi, a MLA from Gokak, who was earlier with the Congress, was among the chief architects of the downfall of the Congress-JD-S coalition government that eventually paved the way for the BJP to come to power.

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