“All ministers from JDS have submitted their resignations just like the 21 ministers from Congress,” the Karnataka Chief Minister’s office tweeted on Monday, announcing that a “cabinet reshuffle will happen soon”. Twelve legislators – nine of them from the Congress and three from JDS – had resigned from the state assembly on Saturday. Soon after state Congress leader Priyank Kharge told Hindustan Times that the Congress ministers had sent their resignation to Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao. Many of the rebel MLAs have insisted that they didn’t quit because they were left out of Kumaraswamy’s cabinet but had their own reasons. Also Read: Back from US, Kumaraswamy in fire-fighting mode, meets Cong rebel: ReportFirst Published: Jul 08, 2019 13:05 IST

Source: Hindustan Times July 08, 2019 07:36 UTC