C.M. Ibrahim, who resigned from the Congress a few days ago, on Sunday took over as president of the Janata Dal (Secular) State unit in the presence of party national president and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and other senior leaders.
H.K. Kumaraswamy, Sakleshpur MLA who stepped down from the post of State unit president, assumed office as president of the party’s National Parliamentary Board.
Mr. Ibrahim, 73, who served as Union Minister in the governments of Mr. Gowda and I.K. Gujral during 1996-98, quit the Congress after he was denied the Leader of the Opposition post in the Legislative Council. Mr. Ibrahim alleged that the Congress had denied him the post because he had no money and belonged to the minority community.
