Third Eye: Close eye on appointments, on mission payback, and water in dams... after 11 years!

Bureaucracy watched the government's message of continuity with forthcoming ACC orders. Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla's term was concluding, with Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba’s term ending in August. Principal secretary PK Mishra was still in office. Former mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy took advantage of BJP-JDS criticisms against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.