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High command cracks whip, Naseer resignation dents Siddaramaiah camp

BD Narayankar
Bengaluru, Apr 14 (UNI) The Congress high command has cracked the whip—and not for the first time, reminding Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that in his party, authority is rarely local and never casual.
The resignation of MLC Naseer Ahmed as his political secretary is the latest offering at the altar of discipline, and a neat dent in the Chief Minister’s carefully assembled camp.
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