Mysore/Mysuru: Hours after he was sworn in as a Minister in the B.S.Yediyurappa Cabinet, newly-elected Yeshwanthpur MLA S.T. Somashekar paid visit to Suttur Mutt here on Thursday evening and sought the blessings of Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji.
Later speaking to press-persons, Somashekar, replying to former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah's observation that they were disqualified legislators for ever, said that although the Supreme Court upheld the then Speaker’s ruling disqualifying them, the Apex Court gave them permission to contest the polls. Accordingly, the then disqualified legislators contested the by-polls and won and hence their disqualification does not matter now. But Siddharamaiah has failed to realise this and is making unwarranted comments, Somashekar added.
