Stating that the sudden replacement of Mysuru City Congress President T.S. Ravishankar with R. Murthy, a former KEA Chairman, was unfortunate, former MP and senior Congress leader A.H. Vishwanath has maintained that the change was effected at the insistence of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah.
Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Vishwanath said that the replacement was an insult to T.S. Ravishankar alleging that Primary Education Minister Tanveer Sait had influenced Siddharamaiah through PWD and Mysuru District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa to drop Ravishankar.
