The transfer move has also triggered off an online protest petition. “Manivannan has been in Mysore for less than three months and within this short period he has made an impression. To shift such a person betrays Yeddyurappa’s supreme indifference to public sentiments,” a blogger commented on a Mysore citizen’s forum.
Former JD(S) Minister G T Devegowda has promised to fight to revoke the transfer. Former CM H D Kumaraswamy has questioned the BJP’s hurry to announce changes. “I understand there is dissatisfaction in the JD(S). Now, I have decided to take decisions only after winning the vote of confidence on November 19,” Yeddyurappa said.