In a meeting held yesterday, the Union Cabinet decided in favour of the imposition of the President's rule in Karnataka.
Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur had on Monday recommended imposition of President's rule in the state after the H D Kumaraswamy government was reduced to minority following withdrawal of support by the BJP.
The Congress core group met on Monday night to take stock of the political situation in the state hours after Chief Minister Kumaraswamy submitted his resignation to the Governor.
The meeting, held at the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was also attended by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, senior ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Arjun Singh, A K Antony and H R Bharadwaj, National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta.