Bangalore, 14/4: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister K S Eshwarappa will resign voluntarily and there was no pressure from the party high command for him to step down.
Responding to media queries on Eshwarappa’s decision to step down as minister on April 15, Friday, Bommai said that Eshwarappa was stepping down by taking moral responsibility. “The decision was not due to the demands of the Opposition Congress,” he said. Congress had launched a dharna demanding the resignation of Eshwarappa, following the suicide of contractor Santosh Patil.
“There was no pressure from the high command. We had just kept them informed about the developments (following the suicide),” the CM said.