New Delhi: In a move aimed at breaking the political logjam
in Karnataka and to bring dissident leaders to the negotiating table, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa today transferred his Principal Secretary V P Baligar.
The Chief Project Officer of Karnataka Highway Development project, I S N Prasad
has been nominated in his place. Baligar, who had been the target of an attack
by the Janardhana Reddy faction, now holds the post of Principal Secretary, Industry
and Commerce. Meanwhile, media reports of the resignation of MLAs loyal to the
Janardhana Reddy faction have been denied. State Chief Minister Yeddyurappa has
cancelled a meeting of his council of ministers for today in Bangalore . He has
also postponed his return journey from Delhi to this evening.
