New Delhi: Seven Congress-1 dissidents of the Bangarappa ministry in the southern Indian state of Kamataka have threatened to resign from the cabinet if the party high command fails to replace the state chief minister S.Bangarappa.
Sources for dissidents here Wednesday said the resignation letters of minister thee of them cabinet rank are likely to be handed over to Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Raoon Thursday. The cabinet ministers are K.H-Patil B. Basavalingappa and Manorama Madhwara.
The dissidents who met with the prime minister to hand over the resignation letters are Hamahalli Ramaswamy K.H.Ranganath Rajasahekara Murthy Perikal Mallappa Pradbhakar K.N Nagegowda H.R.Raju and Lakshmaniah.
The sources said the 11 ministers who had denied having resigned from the ministry Tuesday had never been in the anti-Bangarappa camp and therefore did not matter.
The sources alleged the chief minister had exhibited his “political and administrative ignorance by stating Tuesday that none of his ministerial colleagues were thinking of resigning and that news reports to this effect were a tissue of lies.”
The dissidents said the very fact that the chief minister was ignorant of what was happening in the cabinet was enough cause of action for the high command to sack him.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 14, 1992
