Hours ahead of the state budget, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday made a last-minute announcement where he removed dissenting Congress MLA Dr Umesh Jadhav from the post of the chairman of the Warehouse Corporation.Pratap Gowda Patil will be replacing Jadhav.Meanwhile, Basanagouda Daddal, Congress MLA from Raichur has been appointed as the chairman of Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Board.Making Karnataka's fluid political situation more slippery, seven MLAs of Congress and three of BJP on Thursday abstained from the Assembly's Budget Session, fuelling speculation of defection.To tame the tide, Congress has called its legislature party (CLP) meeting on Friday. According to sources, the CLP meeting has been called by Siddaramaiah at 9 am in the Vidhan Sabha."Three of BJP MLAs too abstained from the Session on Thursday," said sources, which has prompted the BJP to initiate the exercise to keep its flock of MLAs intact. Sources did not disclose the name of ..
