01-03-2007, 12:13 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Minister quits over Karnataka CM's absence at Eid </b>
Pioneer.com
PT Bopanna | Bangalore
One-time protégé and financier of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Wakf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan, resigned on Tuesday after his political mentor failed to turn up for the Eid prayers on Monday.
Khan, a leading bus operator of Karnataka, was the main financier for 'brother' Kumaraswamy during the 2004 Assembly elections when the JD (S) was nowhere near power, and his guest house in the posh Sadavashiv Nagar was the venue where Kumaraswamy had planned his coup against the Congress-led Dharam Singh Government last year.
But the relations between the two bosom pals turned sour after Khan failed to get a plum Cabinet berth and was given the non-remunerative Wakf Ministry.
A frustrated Khan had even raised a banner of revolt against the Chief Minister a few months ago.
There were enough indications that Kumaraswamy was planning to drop him in the proposed Cabinet expansion later this month, but a wily Khan used an emotive issue to make a dramatic exit.
Taking exception to the failure of the Chief Minister to attend the Id prayers, Khan had announced on Monday that he would resign on Tuesday if Kumaraswamy failed to apologise for his absence.
An emotive Khan remarked: "Every Chief Minister attends Eid prayers as a goodwill gesture towards the Muslims. I had invited him a week ago and he had promised to come. How can I remain in his Ministry when sentiments of minorities are not respected?"
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Do Muslim attend every Hindu festivals and prayer or it is just a one way lane?
Pioneer.com
PT Bopanna | Bangalore
One-time protégé and financier of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Wakf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan, resigned on Tuesday after his political mentor failed to turn up for the Eid prayers on Monday.
Khan, a leading bus operator of Karnataka, was the main financier for 'brother' Kumaraswamy during the 2004 Assembly elections when the JD (S) was nowhere near power, and his guest house in the posh Sadavashiv Nagar was the venue where Kumaraswamy had planned his coup against the Congress-led Dharam Singh Government last year.
But the relations between the two bosom pals turned sour after Khan failed to get a plum Cabinet berth and was given the non-remunerative Wakf Ministry.
A frustrated Khan had even raised a banner of revolt against the Chief Minister a few months ago.
There were enough indications that Kumaraswamy was planning to drop him in the proposed Cabinet expansion later this month, but a wily Khan used an emotive issue to make a dramatic exit.
Taking exception to the failure of the Chief Minister to attend the Id prayers, Khan had announced on Monday that he would resign on Tuesday if Kumaraswamy failed to apologise for his absence.
An emotive Khan remarked: "Every Chief Minister attends Eid prayers as a goodwill gesture towards the Muslims. I had invited him a week ago and he had promised to come. How can I remain in his Ministry when sentiments of minorities are not respected?"
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Do Muslim attend every Hindu festivals and prayer or it is just a one way lane?