State Information director N R Vishukumar gets a punishment transfer after he allows star Sudeep more time on stage at Awards function than CM
State Information director N R Vishukumar gets a punishment transfer after he allows star Sudeep more time on stage at Awards function than CM
State Information director N R Vishukumar has been transferred for allowing actor Sudeep to hog the limelight at a film award function held in the CM's home district Shimoga last month.
An order issued on the midnight of April 27 made Vishukumar the managing director of Kanteerava Studios, a government-owned property that has been struggling for want of business.
Kannada actor Sudeep is believed to be lobbying for a Congress ticket to contest the next parliamentary polls from Shimoga, which is currently represented by Yeddyurappa's son BY Raghavendra.
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"Earlier, when the had CM sought details of opposition leaders involved in various scams during a special Assembly session, he had passed on some press cuttings. The CM was understandably very upset," said a source from the BJP.
"Although it is demotivating it does not make any difference to me. I am a government officer.
I am ready to serve the studios," said Vishukumar, who was at the same position at Kanteerava Studios five years ago, when he had turned the bleeding studio into a profit-making business.
"It is one more opportunity to bring the studio back on its feet," he said. Sudeep remained unavailable for comment.
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