21 Congress ministers stepped down voluntarily: Siddaramaiah
Team Udayavani, Jul 8, 2019, 1:52 PM IST
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Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah on Monday said that twenty-one ministers of the Congress in Karnataka resigned voluntarily from the cabinet on Monday.
Addressing presspersons Siddaramaiah said, “21 Karnataka Congress ministers have resigned voluntarily.”
Meanwhile, K C Venugopal said, “We do agree a situation has arised. Some have grievances, of course. In a democracy, we cannot accommodate everyone. Yesterday and today we had detailed discussion. Today we met all ministers. The ministers themselves voluntarily resigned and entrusted party to reshuffle.”
The 13-month-old coalition government slumped into crisis following the resignation of their 14 MLAs from the membership of the state Assembly. However, the Speaker is yet to accept the resignations.
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