High political drama as five Congress legislators threaten to resign from Assembly and Council
The Hindu
High political drama in Karnataka as Congress legislators threaten resignations over Lok Sabha candidate issue in Kolar.
High political drama prevailed in the State Secretariat on March 27 in Karnataka as five Congress legislators, including three MLAs and two MLCs from Kolar district, threatened to tender their resignations to the membership of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, respectively, opposing the candidature of Food and Civil Supplies Minister K.H. Muniyappa’s son-in-law Chikka Peddanna in the Kolar (SC) Lok Sabha constituency. The Congress has not yet announced its candidate from Kolar.
Five legislators, including Minister for Higher Education M.C. Sudhakar, reached the offices of the Speaker and the Council Chairman in the Vidhana Soudha on Wednesday noon to tender their resignations.
Meanwhile, all five legislators put their resignations on hold following assurance from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar that they would come to Benglauru to discuss and resolve the issue.
The legislators threatened to tender resignations hours before the central election committee meeting of the Congress today in New Delhi.
Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader was in Mangaluru when the MLAs reached the State Secretariat. They said they collected the forms from the Assembly Secretary’s office to fill and submit resignations.
Two MLCs — Anil Kumar and Nazir Ahmed — met Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti and showed to cameras their resignation letter. Immediately, Minister Byrathi Suresh rushed to the Chairman’s chamber and prevented MLCs from submitting their resignations.
Mr. Horatti said MLCs have not given resignations. “If they resign, I will accept it. I cannot put pressure on them to resign.”
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