Caught in sex-for-job scandal, Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi resigns, BJP left red-faced | 10 points
Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi on Wednesday resigned from the state cabinet, following allegations of sexual harassment against him. His resignation came after protests and criticism by opposition parties and several sections of society, causing a huge embarrassment to the government and the ruling BJP.
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Ramesh Jarkiholi has called the accusations against as 100 per cent fake .
The BS Yediyurappa government in Karnataka is caught in the eye of a fresh political storm after state Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi was implicated in a sex-for-job scandal.
Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi embroiled in sex CD scandal
Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi embroiled in sex CD scandal
The CD was released to the media by social activist Dinesh Kalahalli, who alleged that the woman in the video clips was enticed by the minister with a government job offer.
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Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi (File photo)
Karnataka Water Resources minister Ramesh Jarkiholi was embroiled in a controversy after a CD allegedly showing him in a compromising position with a woman emerged on Tuesday.
The CD was released to the media by social activist Dinesh Kalahalli, who alleged that the woman in the video clips was enticed by the minister with a government job offer at Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited. The activist said the family of the woman had approached him seeking justice last week.
Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi has tendered his resignation as the Water Resources Minister in the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government after charges of sexual harassment were brought against him.
Bengaluru: âWell-planned conspiracy against meâ - Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi over sex tape scandal
Tue, Mar 02 2021 11:01:37 PM
Daijiworld Media Network- Bengaluru (AJD)
Bengaluru, Mar 2: Regarding an objectionable video CD, Water Resources minister Ramesh Jarkiholi said on Tuesday March 2, that it was a political conspiracy against him.
In a statement to media, he said that it was a false news and that has hurt him emotionally. He said in a statement, âI have watched the news on media. This is a part of a political conspiracy. I will myself come in the open and answer all the questions posed by the media.
Updated Mar 02, 2021 | 23:00 IST
In the complaint, Kallahalli claimed that when the woman from a poor family approached the minister for making a short film, he had sexually exploited her by assuring a job. Karnataka Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi I @BYRBJP | Photo Credit: PTI
Bengaluru: Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi courted controversy on Tuesday as a social activist lodged a police complaint alleging sexual harassment to a job aspirant and threatening her and family of dire consequences.
Even as the social activist Dinesh Kallahalli approached the Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant, some news channels started airing Jarkiholi s purported intimate videos and photographs with the job aspirant.