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Earlier in the day, Siddaramaiah, the state’s former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader had also resigned from his position as Legislative Party Leader and leader of opposition in Karnataka Assembly.
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Dinesh Gundu Rao,Congress: I am taking responsibility andresigning from the post of party’s Karnataka State President. #KarnatakaBypolls
In July, the 14-month-old Congress-JDS government led by HD Kumaraswamy had fallen after it lost the trust vote in the assembly. The coalition government had lost the majority after 16 MLAs from both the parties had turned rebel and resigned from the assembly. After rebel MLAs from Congress and JDS had resigned, 15 out of 17 Karnataka seats had become vacant. The apex court had held the disqualification order but had disagreed on the duration of disqualification and had held that the MLAs will face re-election.
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