"B Nagendra can resign today": Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 6 : Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that Cabinet Minister B Nagendra may resign today over allegations of illegal money transfer from Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd.
Notably, Nagendra voluntarily resigned to save the dignity of the party and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's government.
While addressing the media persons, DK Shivakumar has said, "To save the dignity of the party and the government B Nagendra has voluntarily decided to resign."
Shivakumar was responding to media queries near the KPCC office on Queen's Road on Thursday.
When asked about the opposition parties demanding the resignation of Minister B Nagendra, he said, "I, the Home Minister, have discussed with Minister Nagendra. He is not involved in this illegality. Therefore, there is no need for him to resign. But the dignity of the party and the government should not be harmed. Nagendra himself has offered to resign. He can resign today."
Answering the question of whether the government will accept the resignation, DK Shivakumar said that the Chief Minister will discuss with the party high command and take a decision.
Earlier, the BJP sought a CBI probe into the alleged illegal money transfer case involving the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd, and also demanded immediate dismissal of Nagendra from the Ministry.
On Lok Sabha election results, he said, "I am happy that the INDIA bloc has performed well in the country. Our alliance came close to power but decided to stay away from the government formation effort. The country thinks that the opposition should be strong. There is a new hope for the protection of the democratic system and constitution in the country. The AICC president will decide about the future."
When asked about guarantee implementation of promises, he said, "If our government comes to power, guarantee schemes will be implemented. The Congress party will never take back the steps taken. When the Congress government comes, the guarantee scheme will be implemented."
As per the results announced by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday, the BJP won 17 seats in Karnataka whereas its ally JD(S) won only two seats.
The Congress's performance in its ruled state has improved, increasing from one seat in 2019 to nine seats in 2024.
Congress won the most controversial Hassan seat after sitting MP Prajwal Revanna was accused in an obscene video case. Revanna lost the seat to Congress's Shreyas M Patel by a margin of 42,649 votes.
Polling for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka was held in the second and third phases on April 26 and May 7, respectively.
As per the results announced by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday, the BJP won 240 seats and the Congress 99 seats. BJP had won 303 seats in the 2019 general elections and 282 seats in the 2014 general elections.