Bengaluru: Siddaramaiah resigns from his post of Chief Minister of Karnataka on Thursday. He tendered his resignation to Governor’s Special Secretary Prabhushankar at Lok Bhavan.
Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah, flanked by Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar expressed confidence which showed his resignation would be accepted by the governor soon after he returns to Lok Bhavan as the governor Thavarchand Gehlit is currently out of state and will be returning tonight.
He intimated that it was the responsibility of the Governor to accept it after submission and pave the way for the next chief minister to assume the office.
Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh drove the car to accompany siddaramaiah along with the deputy CM DK Shivkumar to the Lok Bhavan after the breakfast meeting that took place in Chief Minister’s official residence, ‘Kaveri’.
Siddaramaiah served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka for two tenures, once from 2013-2018 and then in 2023 assembly elections he was sworn in as second term for Chief MInister post.
He also broke the historic record set by former Chief Minister D Devraj Urs to become the longest-serving Chief Minister in Karnataka’s history.
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