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Karnataka CM sacks 8 ministers

Karnataka Chief Minister J H Patel will recommend the dissolution of the state assembly.

Patel also sacked eight ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, from his council of ministers.

The chief minister, who called on Governor Khurshed Alam Khan after an informal meeting with several of his ministers, told the media, ''In view of the developments in Delhi yesterday, I am dropping eight ministers.

"They have no c