The purported conversation of Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J.C. Madhuswamy that the government is not functioning but only being managed, which has embarrassed the government, took a new twist with his Cabinet colleague and Horticulture Minister Munirathna seeking his resignation.
While Cooperation Minister S.T. Somashekar, whose name had cropped up in Mr. Madhuswamy’s telephone conversation that had been leaked to the media on Saturday, had slammed Mr. Madhuswamy, he received support from Mr. Muniratna on Monday. The conversation of Mr. Madhuswamy with one Bhaskar, who is a resident of Channapatna, on the problems in crop loan renewal in VSSN Bank, had gone viral, embarrassing the government.
To an appeal from Mr. Bhaskar to rectify, the Minister is heard saying: “The government is not functioning. With elections eight months, it is only being managed.”
