Man threatens immolation over dropping of Ambareesh

Fourteen lawmakers of the ruling Congress are likely to be inducted in the Karnataka council of ministers in the revamping scheduled for Sunday afternoon, a party official said. Ambareesh even sent his resignation to his post as MLA to deputy speaker Shivshankar Reddy, which has been rejected as not having been sent in the correct format.

“If the CM was not happy with our performance, then he should have had the minimum courtesy of calling us for a meeting and letting us know as to why we are being dropped from the cabinet”, he said attacking Siddaramaiah.

His wife Sumalatha, who was also a movie star, in a tweet had yesterday said “Being non-corrupt, straight forward & honest might not win today’s battle.But time will prove the ultimate victor in any war”.

‘Siddaramaiah has forgotten who helped him win in by-elections’ When in distress, chief minister Siddaramaiah had approached him seeking help to win the Chamundeshwari by-elections said Ambareesh.

Meanwhile, Mr. Ambareesh’s supporters also took to the streets at Maddur and Srirangapatna.

Priyank is the son of the Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, while Lad returns to cabinet almost three years after he resigned in November 2013 as minister of state for information and infrastructure development over the mining scam that rocked the state during the then BJP rule. You must call us and say Ambareesh give the chance to somebody else. Ambareesh had won first time as Member of Parliament in 1998 from Mandya on Janata Dal ticket.

Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Mandya districts saw similar incidents where supporters of Dalit leader V Srinivasa Prasad and actor-turned-politician AH Ambarish blocked roads to protest against their leaders being dropped from the state cabinet.

Some film producers also stopped film shooting expressing solidarity with Ambareesh.

He blamed Siddaramaiah for targeting old-time Congress loyalists like him.

Followers of Congress MLA KS Rajanna resorted to “Rasta Roko” for not including their leader in the Cabinet.

The BJP stands to gain ground to some extent in Chamarajnagar constituency where Dalits, traditional supporters of Prasad, would join Lingayats whose votes would now be with the BJP, as prominent Lingayat leader BS Yeddyurappa is back at the top.