AMN / BANGALURU
The coalition government in Karnataka is facing another crisis as eight Congress and three JD(S) MLAs have tendred their resignation to speaker today.
Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar has confirmed that his personal secretary received resignation letters of 11 MLAs today in his chamber.
Saying that there was no prior intimation of MLAs visit to his office today, Ramesh Kumar informed that he will look into the resignation letters on Tuesday.
Anand Singh of Congress had submitted his resignation letter a few days back. The Congress with a strength of 79 MLAs has extended support to the JD(S) which has 37 MLAs of its own to form the coalition Government.
Reacting to the development BJP spokesperson G. V. L. Narasimha Rao said, the resignations is a result of public disenchantment against the coalition government. In the total strength of 225 members in the Assembly, the present Government has the support of 117 members including an Independent.