Karnataka Minister Eshwarappa To Resign From State Cabinet Today: Contractor suicide case.

A day after being charged with abetment to suicide over the death of a contractor in Udupi, Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Eshwarappa announced his decision to step down from his cabinet post. The Minister also said that he would submit his resignation to CM Basavaraj Bommai on Friday.

According to a report on PTI, Eshwarappa in a press meet in Shivamogga on Thursday said, “I have decided to resign from my ministerial position.” Mr. Eshwarappa’s declaration came hours after Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai assured his continuing as part of the cabinet. Karnataka minister KS Eshwarappa, caught in a huge controversy following allegations of corruption and a role in the suicide of a contractor, One of the earliest members of the BJP in Karnataka — the party’s only stronghold in the south — Mr. Eshwarappa can garner the Kuruba votes for the upcoming elections, which has always been the vote bank of the Congress.

The contractor, who died on Tuesday, has accused Mr. Eashwarappa, who handles the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj portfolio, has named the minister in his last phone messages, saying he was “solely responsible” for his death.
Mr. Eshwarappa, he alleged, had demanded “40 percent cut money” to clear a Rs 4 crore bill for work he had done for the Rural Development department.

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