New Delhi: Congress chief Akhanda Srinivas Murthy on Sunday resigned as MLA after he was denied a ticket to contest the May 10 Assembly elections in Karnataka. The Congress chief was an MLA from the Pulikeshinagar Assembly constituency. The disgruntled Congress chief went to Sirsi and met Speaker Vishweshwar Hegade Kageri and submitted his resignation letter.”I have not been given a ticket and three lists of the Congress party are out. I have suffered enough and I am fed up with this”, he mentioned that he has come to resign as an MLA.
He additional acknowledged that it needs to be understood that the get together has not given him a ticket to this point. The folks of his constituency ask him day-after-day. In his constituency, Hindus, Muslims, and Christians, all are united, he added. Srinivas Murthy expressed his anguish over the denial of the ticket and mentioned that he was being handled unfairly.
“I have not discussed this with any other party leaders. I have decided to resign after discussing it with the leaders in the constituency. I have decided to contest as an independent candidate. The leaders of the constituency said that they will discuss with the supporters and take decisions,” the Congress chief mentioned.
Karnataka is slated to go to Assembly polls on May 10 and the counting of votes will happen on May 13. With lower than a month to go for Karnataka Assembly polls, the Congress on Saturday launched its third listing of 43 candidates.
Former chief minister Siddaramaiah was not named from the Kolar constituency, with the grand outdated get together, as an alternative, fielding Kothur G Manjunath. The Congress declared 124 candidates in its first listing and one other 42 within the second listing for the State Assembly elections.
Jagadish Shettar Resigns From BJP
Disgruntled former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar resigned as MLA on Sunday after expressing anguish over denial of ticket to contest within the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections, and launched an assault on the BJP, saying those that had constructed the get together are being thrown out of their ‘personal home’.
Shortly after the 67-year-old six-time MLA, who had additionally mentioned he would stop the get together, tendered his resignation, Karnataka BJP strongman B S Yediyurappa, slammed him for deserting the J P Nadda-led outfit, and mentioned folks wouldn’t pardon him for his transfer. Shettar, an influential Lingayat chief from north Karnataka, and sitting MLA from Hubli-Dharwad Central, mentioned some folks with their vested pursuits had hatched a conspiracy to not subject him this time.
(With PTI Inputs)
