Karnataka Congress leader and MLC S R Patil has resigned from the post of KPCC Working President. Speaking to a source, the senior Congressman confirmed that he submitted his resignation to Rahul Gandhi on May 25th taking moral responsibility for the party’s abysmal performance in the recently concluded Karnataka assembly elections.
Patil has tendered his resignation on moral grounds owing to party’s performance in North Karnataka in the recently held assembly elections. “I was in-charge of the party’s performance in North Karnataka. Had my party won more seats from there, we would have formed the government independently. I resigned taking up moral responsibility for our losses. I sent my resignation via email to party President,” S R Patil told the source.
Patil served as the Minister for Infrastructure, information technology, biotechnology, science and technology, planning and statistics in the Government of Karnataka. He had also served as the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council.
Taking a dig at Patil’s resignation, BJP tweeted, “The downfall of the empire that was built after mocking people’s mandate has begun. @INCKarnataka senior leader Sri. S R Patil resigns. This is only the beginning of the downfall of power hungry government.”
The downfall of the empire that was built after mocking people’s mandate has begun. @INCKarnataka senior leader Sri. S R Patil resigns. This is only the beginning of the downfall of power hungry government.
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) June 3, 2018
The Congress lost many seats to the BJP in North Karnataka managing to win just 8 seats in Belagavi, 2 in Bagalkot, 3 in Vijayapura, 4 in BIdar, 3 in Raichur, 2 in Koppal, 1 in Gadag, 2 in Dharwad, 1 in Yadgir and 5 in Kalburgi districts.
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