Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi resigns over allegations of sexual harassment after a CD allegedly showing him in a compromising position with a woman emerged.
Updated: Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 12:57 [IST]
Bengaluru, Mar 03: Police will inquire into the allegations of sexual harassment against Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi based on the complaint, Karnataka Home Minister Basavraj Bommai said on Wednesday, even as opposition Congress demanded for his immediate resignation and registration of FIR.
Speaking to reporters, Bommai said, Whatever the complaint is there, based on the complaint we are doing the inquiry, as per law we are doing it. Responding to a question on opposition demanding Jarkiholi s resignation, he said, our party will take a decision.
Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwth Narayan said it was not right to comment on the issue without knowing facts, and it may be an allegation out of malice. there is no clarity..complaint has been lodged, let the truth come out..without knowing truth it was not right to comment or pass judgements, it was not clear whether the allegations were made out of any malice, so no question of giving impo
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‘Sex-For-Job Scandal’ Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi Resigns Published by GulteDesk March 03, 2021
Karnataka’s Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi resigned on Wednesday from the state cabinet after the allegations came upon him about sexual harassment. The opposition parties criticized him and many social groups have started protesting against him and he had no other option but to resign.
Yesterday, the highly intimate videos of Ramesh Jarkiholi came up on television news channels, and around at the same time, a social activist Dinesh Kallahalli filed a formal complaint against Ramesh Jarkiholi on behalf of the victim who was allegedly sexually harassed by the minister.