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Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)
Bengaluru, Jul 6: The coalition government got further jolt as eight MLAs including Ramesh Jarkiholi have tendered their resignation. Ramesh Jarkiholi, who had submitted is resignation through fax, has submitted his resignation officially to speaker Ramesh Kumar.
Ramesh Jarkiholi, who had earlier said that he will not resign alone but also get his followers to resign has kept his word. Along with Ramesh Jarkiholi, Shivaram Hebbar, B C Patil, Narayana Gowda, Mahesh Kamatalli, Muniratna of Congress and H Vishwanath and Gopaliah of JD (S) have also tendered their resignation to the speaker.
This high drama is being played even before the arrival of CM Kumaraswamy from his visit of USA. Congress leaders are helpless in the situation.
String of resignations continue, more MLAs to quit by evening
It is all happening in the political circles of the state. The coalition government, which has received a severe setback due to the resignations of eight MLAs including Ramesh Jarkiholi, is in for more shock as rumours are making rounds that more MLAs from the coalition government are going to resign.
It is said that Ramesh Jarkiholi is finally successful in convincing all the dissident MLAs of both Congress and JD (S) to resign. The dissident MLAs had even conducted a meeting in this regard. The eight MLAs have arrived at the Vidhana Soudha led by Ramesh Jarkiholi and they are all set to bring down the coalition government even before CM Kumaraswamy reached back to the city from his overseas trip of USA.
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Bengaluru: Coalition government in trouble - 13 legislators preparing to resign?
Bengaluru, Jul 6: As per information, explosive political developments are happening in the state in quick succession. Following in the footsteps of Ramesh Jarkiholi and Anand Singh, who have resigned from their respective seats, some high profile leaders who are loyal to the Congress are readying to follow suit. There is also talk of this coalition government crumbling before chief minister of Karnataka H D Kumaraswamy, who is on a foreign trip, return to his base.
It is said that over a dozen legislators who no one thought could part ways with the Congress, have decided to leave. IMA jewellery scam which is turning into a huge embarrassment for several ministers is said to have triggered this panic reaction.
As the criminal case against IMA-accused is progressing, skeletons are expected to tumble out of cupboards. The disgruntled legislators who do not wish to be associated with a party linked with scam, held serial meetings to take a decision on future course of action. These MLAs, who were not so far associated with any dissident activity, reportedly are preparing to resign en masse.
According to sources, Ramalinga Reddy (BTM Layout), S T Somashekhar (Yeshwantpur), Soumya Reddy (Jayanagar), Shivaram Hebbar (Yallapur), Byrathi Basavaraj (K R Puram), B C Patil (Hirekerur), Muniratna (Rarajeshwari Nagar), Pratap Gowda Patil (Maski), Vishwanath (Hunsur), Roshan Baig (Shivajinagar), Subba Reddy (Bagepalli), Mahesh Kumathalli (Athani), Ramesh Jarkiholi (Gokak), and Narayana Gowda (K R Pet) are the MLAs who are expected to resign.