
Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur is under attack from state Congress leaders, so much so that they approached the central leadership about a change. They complained that Thakur was becoming very unpopular among people because of his transfer-and-posting policy favouring the 8220;wrong type8221; of officials. When the Congress leadership got down to ascertaining the fact, they found that the Governor was indeed unpopular, but not among the people, only in Congress circles. The reason: he had ignored the recommendations of state leaders like Dharam Singh and Mallikarjun Kharge with regard to transfers and postings.