Governor scraps 4500 nominations made to co-op institutes

Bangalore, Oct 12 (UNI) In a swift action on the day of taking over the administration, Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur today cancelled the 4500 nominations made to 1500 cooperative institutions by the Kumaraswamy government that fell after BJP withdraw its support early this week.

Official sources said, Mr Thakur who held a top level official meeting, passed the order of scrapping the appointments made by Mr Kumaraswamy just before resigning to his post after his government became a minority.

The JD(S)-BJP coalition government which had come to power in February 2006 after the fall of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government, had taken similar decision cencelling such nominations.

Yesterday, KPCC president Mallikarjuna Kharge, who met the Governor, had urged him to review all important decisions taken by the Kumaraswamy government against the prescribed norms.

UNI