Kumar Bangarappa quits ministerial post, Congress

Following in the footsteps of his father, Karnataka Minister for Municipal Administration Kumar Bangarappa on Wednesday resigned from the Congress and is all set to join Bharatiya Janata Party.

"As a dutiful and faithful son to my father, who is my political leader and guide, I have decided to resign from the ministry and the Congress," he told reporters in Bangalore.

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The development was expected after his father, former chief minister S Bangarappa, announced his decision to quit the ruling Congress and praised Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Kumar Bangarappa echoed his father's thoughts.

Praising the BJP, he said, "It is a more social and completely progressive political party while the Congress lacks vision and is becoming smaller day by day."

The actor-turned-politician claimed that the Congress would suffer a major dent in the coming elections with their (Bangarappa and son) quitting the Congress along with 'lakhs of supporters'.

Chief Minister S M Krishna swiftly recommended that Governor T N Chaturvedi accept Kumar Bangarappa's resignation.