Ministerial berth sought for Mysuru region

A.H. Vishwanath, former Minister and BJP MLC, on Monday sought a Ministerial berth for Mysuru region and also batted for inclusion of S.A. Ramdas, former Minister and BJP MLA representing Krishnaraja

A.H. Vishwanath, former Minister and BJP MLC, on Monday sought a Ministerial berth for Mysuru region and also batted for inclusion of S.A. Ramdas, former Minister and BJP MLA representing Krishnaraja Assembly constituency in Mysuru, into the Ministry. Fielding reporters queries, Mr. Vishwanath said Mysuru was the divisional headquarters and compared the representation Bengaluru, Kalaburagi and Belagavi divisions have received in the BJP Ministry. It is not just Mysuru district which has no Ministerial berth, even the neighbouring districts of Hassan, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar do not have representation in the Ministry, he rued. He argued that Mysuru was a politically strong region, which had given two Chief Ministers to the State – D. Devaraj Urs and Siddaramaiah. Many development works for the State started from here. It is not that there was no suitable candidate for a Ministerial berth in Mysuru, he said, and referred to Mr. Ramdas, a senior BJP leader, who had already served as a Minister. Mr. Vishwanath also hoped that Mysuru would be represented during the next expansion of the Ministry as there were four more vacant slots in the Ministry headed by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.