A government circular issued on August 12 ordered all its departments, boards, corporations, public sector units and universities to withdraw all their deposits and investments in the SBI and the PNB and stop transacting any business with these institutions.

The JD(S) had been in power twice in the state, in coalition with both national parties, despite being a junior partner — for 20 months with the Bharatiya Janata Party from February 2006 and for 14 months with the Congress after the May 2018 assembly polls. Kumaraswamy was the chief minister on both occasions.

The four airports are Vijayapura, Hubballi, Belagavi and Shivamogga.

He, however, expressed happiness over the Siddaramaiah-led government’s decision to withhold the bill.

With Kannadigas and industries being two sides of a coin, Karnataka government needs to do more homework pertaining to the job reservation bill 2024.