Speaking to media persons on his maiden visit to the city this morning, after becoming the District Minister, Dr. Yathindra dismissed the speculations that his father, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, had a role to play in Sait not getting his due. Both Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa and Tanveer Sait are party veterans. “While my father had recommended the name of former Minister Dr. Mahadevappa and his name was among the list of probables too, High Command was averse to it. Similarly, my father had no role to play in former Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan making it to the Cabinet and the omission of MLC Gayathri Shanthegowda’s name from the list of Ministers to take oath, at the last minute,” clarified Dr. Yathindra. ‘Water to canals soon’In a piece of good news to farmers in Cauvery catchment area waiting for the release of water from dams to canals for taking up farming activities, Dr. Yathindra said that water will be released to canals at the earliest.