Bengaluru/Belagavi, Nov 12: The Congress high command is learnt to have directed the party's state unit to submit a report on the issue of Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait watching pornography at a public function.
The Opposition parties, the BJP and the JD(S), have been demanding that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah immediately drop Sait from the Cabinet.
Siddaramaiah on Friday said that action would be taken against Sait after conducting an enquiry. Speaking to reporters at Sambra airport in Belagavi, Siddaramaiah said a wrong committed by anybody will not be ignored, but a due enquiry needs to be conducted.
Primarily it appears that the minister was scrolling messages received on WhatsApp and the picture appeared. An enquiry would reveal the facts, he added.
Siddaramaiah may not hesitate to take action against Sait if it is established that he was watching pornography on his mobile phone. Sources close to Siddaramaiah said in Bengaluru that he would be seeking an explanation from the minister either on Saturday or Sunday. The two have not met after the incident. In case action has to be initiated, the chief minister might ask Sait to put in his papers. But if Sait convinces Siddaramaiah that he watched the sleaze accidentally, then he may be asked to express his regret.
The sources said that as the incident has caused embarrassment to the government, Siddaramaiah is under pressure to initiate action against Sait. The BJP and the JD?(S) are set to raise the issue in the forthcoming legislature session in Belagavi. Besides, Siddaramaiah who is readying the party for by-election to the Assembly from Nanjangud, is hesitant to lose the services of Sait who hails from Mysuru district, the sources said.
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