'Resign, I'll accept within minutes': DKS' blunt warning to disgruntled Cong MLAs
Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has issued a stern warning to disgruntled Congress MLAs threatening to resign following a recent cabinet expansion. He urged legislators to remain patient and prioritize party loyalty over individual political ambitions.
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This highlights internal power struggles within India's Congress party and the challenges of managing political stability in coalition-heavy state governments.
BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday moved to quell growing discontent within the Congress after the cabinet expansion, issuing a stern warning to disgruntled MLAs threatening to resign that their exits would be accepted within minutes.Shivakumar's blunt message came a day after Congress MLAs Yashavantarayagouda V Patil and Belur Gopalakrishna resigned from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly after being left out of the expanded ministry."If anyone gives resignation, within a few minutes I'm going to accept," Shivakumar told reporters on Tuesday.The chief minister urged the disgruntled MLAs to exercise patience and stressed that the Congress was more important than individual political ambitions."I have said whatever I have... resignations keep happening in politics. No one can stop those resigning. If they want the party and their future, the party is important.
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