Unhappy with Siddaramaiah's Cabinet shuffle, MLA Malikayya Guttedar announces resignation

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s move to reshuffle his ministers has led to Malikayya Guttedar deciding to resign from the state assembly and the party, reports The Hindu. The six-time MLA from Afzalpur was reportedly upset on being over looked for a position in the state Cabinet and announced on Wednesday that he will be quitting his posts. [caption id=“attachment_2735932” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Representational image. PTI[/caption] According to The Hindu, Guttedar stated that 40 “like-minded” legislators, who were meted out the same treatment, would send their resignations to the Assembly Speaker. A report by Deccan Chronicle, says Guttedar would now focus his energy to defeat Congress. He also targeted the chief minister and said that if Congress has to stay in power in the state then both Siddaramaiah and his ministers need to go. “The sooner the high command realises this, the better, otherwise Karnataka would become Congress-mukt," he was quoted as saying. Guttedar is not the first minister to resign due to dissatisfaction from the Cabinet reshuffle. Earlier on Monday, a day after the reshuffle took place, actor-turned-politician MH Ambareesh, who lost his Cabinet position, resigned from the state assembly, according to DNA. Ambareesh was the state minister for housing. Srinivas Prasad too expressed his disappointment after losing his Revenue portfolio and called Siddaramaiah “the most inefficient chief minister”.