BENGALURU: Senior Congress MLC and former Union minister CM Ibrahim on Thursday threatened to quit the party and his post after he was overlooked for leadership roles in the legislative council.
His announcement came a day after AICC general secretary BK Hariprasad was formally chosen as leader of opposition (LOP) in the 75-member council. AICC also appointed Prakash Rathod as chief whip and K Govindaraju as deputy LOP. Ibrahim and Hariprasad were lobbying hard for LOP post ever since SR Patil retired from the house in January. Patil was not given a ticket to recontest. Hariprasad, a backward classes leader identified with the DK Shivakumar camp, was chosen over Ibrahim, who was with the Siddaramaiah camp.
