Yediyurappa Declines Cabinet-Rank Status Granted to Him by K'taka CM Bommai

In a letter to Bommai, Yediyurappa stated he was content to receive legitimate benefits, accorded to a former CM.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday, 8 August, declined the privileges of a Cabinet rank and urged Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to withdraw an order issued to the effect.

In a nine-line letter written in Kannada to Bommai, Yediyurappa stated that he was content to receive legitimate benefits that are accorded to a former chief minister.

"I humbly request our new chief minister to withdraw this order," he told reporters on Sunday.