8 ministers quit in Karnataka
The festering crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Indian state Karnataka reached a flash point yesterday with eight ministers loyal to former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa submitting their resignations to Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, who they want to be removed.
Precipitating the crisis, the ministers met Gowda and handed over their resignation letters upping the ante in their oust Gowda campaign.
“There was a trust deficit between the Ministers and the Chief Minister in the last 3-4 months. We had been pressuring the chief minister to convene the BJP legislature party meeting. That also did not happen,” one of the resigning minister Udasi said.
He said many issues raised by the MLAs were not addressed by the Chief Minister.”So we have decided to resign. We also brought the issues to the notice of central leadership.”
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