Congress MLA Srinivas Prasad to resign on October 17, says will teach Siddaramaiah a lesson

Mangalore Today News Network

Mysuru, October 13, 2016: Congress MLA Srinivas Prasad from the Nanjangud constituency in Mysuru is all set to resign on October 17. The former minister and veteran Congressman today announced that he will not contract elections under the leadership of Siddaramaiah.

Prasad had accused Siddaramaiah of being a dictator and also accused the Congress leaders of betraying the Dalits by not fighting for their cause. He also accused Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge of ditching the Dalits and that the state and centre ’killed him and his ideologies’ just to make his son a minister in Siddaramaiah’s government.

WHO IS SRINIVAS PRASAD

Prasad was one of the 14 ministers who were dropped from the cabinet during the reshuffle in June this year.

The Karnataka in charge general secretary Digvijaya Singh  has made it clear that there will be no change of leadership in the state Congress party for the elections in 2018.

Prasad objected this decision and has now confirmed his date of resignation as October 17.

The JDS and the BJP are trying to woo the senior Congressman but Prasad has decided to take his own time to make a decision. Rather he is still nursing a grudge against Siddaramaiah and the senior Congress leaders who he says betrayed him, said sources.