No secret meeting with ministers, Ashoka clarifies

Chikkamagaluru: Following allegations of his birthday celebrations on Wednesday having been a pretext for a meeting with ministerial colleagues CT Ravi and Jagadish Shettar, Karnataka revenue minister R Ashoka on Thursday said that there was nothing political about the event that was held at a private resort in Chikkamagaluru.
In addition to Shettar and Ravi, rural development and panchayat raj minister KS Eshwarappa, legislators Satish Reddy, Muniraju and Krishnappa were among the guests at the celebrations on Wednesday. The attendance of as many elected representatives and ministers at the party triggered speculations of the event having been more than an innocuous social gathering.
Ravi denied allegations of any meeting having been held in secret at the resort. Furthermore, Shettar added that he did not meet Eshwarappa in Chikkamagaluru, but in Shivamogga.
However, sources in the BJP said that those who attended the event at the resort in Chikkamagaluru had discussed chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s son BY Vijayendra’s interference in administrative matters.