Karnataka Minister To Resign From State Cabinet Over Illegal Money Transfer Case

Karnataka’s Scheduled Tribes Welfare, Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister B. Nagendra on Thursday tendered his resignation, amid allegations of the illegal transfer of money from the State-run Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited.

The four-time MLA from Ballari Rural constituency is the first Minister to quit in the State government led by Siddaramaiah. The government came to power a year ago.

Mr. Nagendra announced his resignation at a press conference at the State Secretariat. “I am resigning as per my conscience, and to ensure an impartial probe into the financial irregularities in the corporation as reported in the media for the last 10 days,” he said.