Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru
Bengaluru, May 27: Siddaramaiah on Saturday May 27 said that Nuthana Kumari, wife of the slain Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader Praveen Nettaru will be reinstated in job on humanitarian grounds.
Siddaramaiah tweeted, “After a new government comes in, it is a natural process to dismiss the temporary employees who were appointed by the previous government from the government service. Not only Praveen Nettaru's wife, more than 150 contract workers have already been dismissed from service. There is no government interference in this. Considering this as a special case, the Nuthana Kumari will be re-appointed on the basis of humanity.”
With the change of government in Karnataka, Nuthana had lost her job at the deputy commissioner's office in Mangaluru.
It may be recalled, Nuthana was appointed on contract basis after the murder of Praveen Nettaru in July last year on humanitarian grounds, as per the request of BJP state president and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel.
The BJP government had on September 22, 2022 issued an order appointing her as senior assistant (Group C) at the office of the then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Later, on Kumari's request, she was posted at the Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner's office and had reported to duty on October 14 last year. The appointment order given at the time stated that she would be in service until the present chief minister is in office or until further orders.