Cong seeks dismissal of HDK govt, meets Gov

Bangalore, Oct 8: The main Opposition Congress in Karnataka Congress urged Governor Rameshwar Thakur to dismiss the minority Kumaraswamy government in the State following the withdrawal of the support by the Bharaiya Janata Party.

Party State leaders, including Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President M Mallikarjuna Kharge and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly N Dharam Singh met the governor and submitted individual letters from the legislators stating that they did not wish to support the Kumaraswamy led Government.

Earlier Congress General Secretary incharge of Karnataka, Prithviraj Chauhan met the governor and discussed with him for two hours the latest political situation in the State.

The BJP which withdrew support to the government on Sundfay following the refusal of coalition partner Janata Dal (S) to transfer power, as agreed 20 months ago, today began a state wide campaign against the JD(S) from Tumkur.

UNI