Raj Bhavan Raj ; with Karnataka Set for a Long Stint of President's Rule, Rameshwar Thakur Adopts a Proactive Role, Taking Over the Functions of the Chief Minister and Even Organising Janata Darshans

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In Bangalore, the imposing granite edifice--Vidhana Soudha-- which houses the office of the Karnataka chief minister, and the Raj Bhavan--the governor's mansion--are about 300 m apart, but both the buildings bear the same nameplate: Rameshwar Thakur, chartered accountant, former professor at Delhi University and an ex-Union minister.

Thakur is perhaps the only governor in the state in more than three decades to don the dual responsibilities of chief minister and Governor as the Centre imposed President's rule on October 10, a week after the JD(S) led by H.D. Kumaraswamy refused to hand over power to its coalition partner BJP as per the February 2006 pact.

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Raj Bhavan Raj ; with Karnataka Set for a Long Stint of President's Rule, Rameshwar Thakur Adopts a Proactive Role, Taking Over the Functions of the Chief Minister and Even Organising Janata Darshans

Karnataka came under a year-long President's rule for the first time in March 1971 with the exit of Congress chief minister Veerendra Patil. The second time was for 52 days after chief minister Devaraj Urs resigned in December 1977 revolting against the then Congress president Indira Gandhi. For ...

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