1. A day after Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa refused to step down, after being named first accused in the abetment to suicide case of contractor and BJP worker Santosh K. Patil, Congress is set to step up their demand for his resignation. Party workers plan to gherao Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s office in Bengaluru.
2. Family refuses to bury contractor Santosh K. Patil till BJP leaders come and assure that RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa is arrested and tried for abetting suicide.
3. Ambedkar Jayanti is being celebrated by various government and non-government organisations all over Karnataka today. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Award will be presented by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at Banquet Hall, Vidhana Soudha.