K'taka min sacked for embarrassing Cong

ON the surface, it seemed like a routine resignation. But behind the calm façade of Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna's sudden exit from the Karnataka cabinet lies a web of controversy, high-stakes power struggles and whispers of betrayal that have set the state's political corridors abuzz.

- BANSY KALAPPA @Bengaluru

The 74-year-old minister, a close confidant of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, part of the latter's core support group and a key face of the ST community, suddenly resigned on the first day of the legislature session. The timing couldn't have been more telling.