<p class="title">Kundgol MLA Kusumavati turned emotional in the Legislative Assembly on Friday when leaders cutting across party lines fondly remembered her husband, the late minister C S Shivalli, during the obituary reference. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Shivalli, 57, was a minister if the H D Kumaraswamy Cabinet when he died due to cardiac arrest in March this year. His wife Kusumavati contested the by-election and won from Kundgol, which Shivalli represented. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Water Resources Minister D K Shivakumar, who was close to Shivalli, quoted a Sanskrit subhashita on the importance of good deeds while remembering him. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar also made obituary references of former union minister V Dhananjay Kumar, former MLAs, K L Shivalingegowda, S S Arakeri, Damayanti Boregowda, Chennaveeraiah Shantaiah Mutthinapandimath, Vijayakumar Khandre, Gopal Bhandary, Sharadavva M Pattana, N B Nanjappa, M Satyanarayana, Sambhaji Lakshman Patil and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While mourning Karnad’s death, Shivakumar said he had no choice but to arrange for his state funeral being the Kannada and Culture minister. </p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP’s J C Madhuswamy objected to the way Shivakumar framed that sentence. Shivakumar, who apologised, went on to justify his use of language saying he came from a village. “What can I do? This is the Kannada I know. Still, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara made me the Kannada and Culture Minister," Shivakumar said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">At this point, the Speaker intervened and joked: “Only such people are made ministers.” </p>
<p class="title">Kundgol MLA Kusumavati turned emotional in the Legislative Assembly on Friday when leaders cutting across party lines fondly remembered her husband, the late minister C S Shivalli, during the obituary reference. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Shivalli, 57, was a minister if the H D Kumaraswamy Cabinet when he died due to cardiac arrest in March this year. His wife Kusumavati contested the by-election and won from Kundgol, which Shivalli represented. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Water Resources Minister D K Shivakumar, who was close to Shivalli, quoted a Sanskrit subhashita on the importance of good deeds while remembering him. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar also made obituary references of former union minister V Dhananjay Kumar, former MLAs, K L Shivalingegowda, S S Arakeri, Damayanti Boregowda, Chennaveeraiah Shantaiah Mutthinapandimath, Vijayakumar Khandre, Gopal Bhandary, Sharadavva M Pattana, N B Nanjappa, M Satyanarayana, Sambhaji Lakshman Patil and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While mourning Karnad’s death, Shivakumar said he had no choice but to arrange for his state funeral being the Kannada and Culture minister. </p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP’s J C Madhuswamy objected to the way Shivakumar framed that sentence. Shivakumar, who apologised, went on to justify his use of language saying he came from a village. “What can I do? This is the Kannada I know. Still, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara made me the Kannada and Culture Minister," Shivakumar said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">At this point, the Speaker intervened and joked: “Only such people are made ministers.” </p>
