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Karnataka Congress leader C. M. Ibrahim decides to leave party

Congress leader C. M. Ibrahim was also union civil aviation minister in H. D. Deve Gowda-led cabinet in 1996 and had been eyeing the post of Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council. Photo: Special Arrangement (Source: The Hindu)

Miffed at being denied the post of Leader of Congress in Karnataka Legislative Council, veteran party leader C. M. Ibrahim on Thursday announced that he would be resigning from the party and giving up his membership of the Council.

“I am quitting the Congress. I will send the resignation letter to Council,” he toldThe Hindua day after the party announced another veteran, B. K. Hariprasad, as its leader in the Council. “I have not informed anyone in the KPCC about my decision. I will send by letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi,” he said.

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