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Governor’s office writes to CS to examine charges made against Agriculture Minister

Amid allegations of corruption against Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy by department officials and a letter from Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s secretariat to the Chief Secretary to look into the matter, the Minister on Monday termed the letter as “fake” and sought an inquiry into it.

A communication from the Governor’s secretariat to the Chief Secretary said that assistant directors in Mandya, Malavalli, K.R. Pet, Pandavapura, Srirangapatna, and Maddur taluk had in a letter accused the Minister of seeking ₹6 lakh to ₹8 lakh through the Joint Director of Agriculture of Mandya.

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