Contractor death case: Karnataka minister Eshwarappa finally decides to quit

TWO DAYS after he was named as an accused in a case registered over the “unnatural death” of a civil contractor, Karnataka Minister and senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa announced that he would resign from the State Cabinet on Friday.

“I have worked as Rural Development Minister in the Bommai government. I have decided today that I will resign as Minister tomorrow,” Eshwarappa said during a short media briefing in Shivamogga on Thursday.

The Minister said he was quitting “to prevent embarrassment to the BJP” and would submit his resignation to Bommai in Bengaluru.