Bengaluru: Satish Jarakiholi, brother of Ramesh Jarakiholi on Wednesday felt that release of a viral CD was certainly an embarrassment for the family.
Satish is the younger brother of Ramesh Jarakiholi, who resigned after the CD containing his intimate relationship with a woman was released on news channels on Tuesday. Since Tuesday evening, Satish had refrained from reacting to the media.
Coming out in defence of his brother Interacting with the media here, Satish Jarakiholi said that it will take some time for the family to recover from such a shock. "Investigations can only prove whether the CD was genuine or fake. All I can say is that my brother should have resigned Athe moment this CD was released in the media," he said.
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According to him, once such CD comes out in public, no party be it Congress or BJP or any other regional party cannot defend such actions. "I will not comment on whether the CD is genuine or fake debate all that I feel is that the family's reputation has certainly dented," he said.
Soon after the news of Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi filing his resignation down over the sex CD scandal, his supporters went berserk across the Gokak town in Belagavi district.
A large number of his supporters took out a protest march in Gokak, forcibly shut business establishments and colleges besides pelting stones on several buses. One of Jarkiholi's supporters even attempted self-immolation by dousing himself with kerosene. But the police intervened and prevented him from taking the extreme step. Another set of supporters poured milk on cutouts of Jarkiholi in the key junctions of the town to send out a message that their leader may be down but not out.
(With inputs from IANS)
