High political drama prevailed in the State Secretariat on March 27 in Karnataka as five Congress legislators, including three MLAs and two MLCs from Kolar district, threatened to tender their resignations to the membership of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, respectively, opposing the candidature of Food and Civil Supplies Minister K.H. Muniyappa’s son-in-law Chikka Peddanna in the Kolar (SC) Lok Sabha constituency. The Congress has not yet announced its candidate from Kolar.
Five legislators, including Minister for Higher Education M.C. Sudhakar, reached the offices of the Speaker and the Council Chairman in the Vidhana Soudha on Wednesday noon to tender their resignations.
Meanwhile, all five legislators put their resignations on hold following assurance from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar that they would come to Benglauru to discuss and resolve the issue.
