Two more Karnataka ministers quit, more may
follow
Thursday February 21, 2013 10:56:25 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore: Two
ministers quit the Karnataka government Thursday and were set to
resign from the assembly and the ruling BJP too amid speculation
that more would follow ahead of the assembly polls due in May.
Forest Minister C.P. Yogeshwar and Small Scale Industries Minister
Narasimha Nayak, also known as Raju Gouda, submitted their
resignations to Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar here.
The two would quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also once
their resignations from the ministry and the assembly are
accepted, Nayak told reporters here.
The two headed to Madikeri, about 250 km from Bangalore, to meet
Speaker K.G. Bopaiah to submit their resignation from the
assembly. Madikeri is Bopaiah's hometown.
Both ministers are said to be keen to join the Congress.
The two resignations heightened the weeks-long speculation that at
least a dozen members of the Shettar cabinet would quit before the
assembly polls, a majority of them wanting to join the Congress.
The others were said to be going to Janata Dal-Secular or
Karnataka Janata Party headed by former BJP chief minister B.S.
Yeddyurappa.
Besides Yogeshwar and Nayak, the BJP is about to lose two more
assembly members, - Belur Gopalakrishna from Shimoga district,
about 280 km from Bangalore, and H.S. Shankaralinge Gowda from
Mysore, around 130 km from here.
The two announced earlier this week that they would soon quit the
BJP.
While Gowda has said he would join the JD-S, Gopalakrishna has
indicated that he is keen to go to the Congress.
Elections to the 225-member assembly are due in May.
At present the political parties in the state are busy preparing
for the polls to 208 urban local bodies scheduled for March 7.
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