
The Opposition BJP and ruling Congress members indulged in a verbal exchange in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday on the issue of posting of a lower rank officer as the Commissioner of the Vijayapura City Corporation.
During the zero hour, BJP senior member Basanagouda Patil Yatnal said that instead of posting an IAS or KAS officer as the commissioner of the Vijayapura City Corporation, the government transferred and posted a lower rank official and alleged involvement of “business” in the transfer and posting of the official by Urban Development of Minister Byrathi Suresh.