BENGALURU: Hours after TOI reported on Friday that
Karnataka's Covid-19 fight had been hit by lack of coordination between health minister B Sriramulu and medical education minister K Sudhakar, the government fielded primary and secondary education minister
S Suresh Kumar to brief the media about the pandemic update.
The education minister's presence surprised officials of the health and family welfare department.
Though the department's additional chief secretary was present in the video conference, he was in another room. Speculation is rife that Sriramulu and Sudhakar, who has been tasked with Covid-19 matters, do not see eye to eye.
"The CM has picked a neutral candidate in Suresh Kumar," sources said.