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Karnataka Housing Minister resigns following defeat in by poll | Karnataka Housing and Hindu Endowment Minister V. Somanna resigned from the state cabinet on Monday following his defeat in the recent by polls to the state assembly. Somanna handed over his resignation to the Chief Minister
B. S. Yeddyurappa. "I will take a decision on accepting his resignation after
consulting the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief D.V.Sadananda Gowda and
national general secretary Ananth Kumar and the party high command," Yeddyurappa
told reporters after receiving the resignation letter. Somanna, who was earlier,
elected from the Govidrajnagar constituency in Bangalore resigned from his seat
as well as from the Congress Party to join BJP in February. Subsequently Somanna
was rewarded with a cabinet birth in the Yeddyurappa Government. Somanna who is
known for his innovative election strategies, tasted maiden defeat in his political
career against debutant Priyakrishna of Congress in the by polls on August 18.
The two-day southern region meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) held
in Davangere in central Karnataka on Sunday asked Yeddyurappa to seek the resignation
of Somanna. The BJP is reward Somanna with another post as the elections to the
Brihat Bangalore Municipal Corporation (BBMC) are on the cards. Somanna played
a crucial role in party's victory in all the three Lok Sabha seats in Bangalore
in the 2009 general elections. Somanna is the third minister to resign from the
Yeddyurappa government during the last one-year. Earlier S.K. Bellubbi, and Krishnayya
Setty resigned from cabinet to make way to accommodate new faces in the cabinet.
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