He was talking to reporters after a CLP meet here convened to manage the crisis following the resignation of a total of 13 coalition MLAs, including three from the ally JD(S).
In a day of dramatic developments, 8 Congress and 3 JD-S lawmakers submitted resignation letters to Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar and apprised Governor Vajubhai Vala of the reasons for their collective decision.
As the JD-S-Congress coalition government faced a grave threat with 11 Congress and three Janata Dal-Secular MLAs submitting their resignation, Congress state in-charge K.C. Venugopal left for Bengaluru in a bid to do damage control, party sources said.
The current strength of the Congress-JD(S) will be down to 108 (including two independents). The BJP's current strength in the house is 105 and will require 7 more resignations now from the coalition to cross the halfway mark.
Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Shyam Bahadur Singh on Monday resigned from the party's primary membership here, saying his voice was not being heard by those in power while the district administration has also turned a deaf ear.
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Aug 2: Four ministers at the Centre, including Human Resource Development minister M Pallam Raju, and eight Congress MPs have decided to resign en masse in protest over the Centre's decision to bifurcate
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