Cauvery heat claims first political victim; Ambareesh resigns

Bangalore, Feb 14 (UNI) Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Congress leader M H Ambareesh today tendered his resignation from the Union Council of Ministers and the Lok Sabha in protest against the ''injustice'' meted out to Karnataka in the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.

Participating in a function to release a special cover and cancellation as part of the Karnataka High Court's golden jubilee celebrations here, he announced that he had submitted his resignation from the Ministry to the Prime Minister and from the Lower House to the Speaker.

Popular Kannada actor Mr Ambareesh, representing Mandya Lok Sabha constituency, the hotbed of the Cauvery agitation, was inducted as an Union Minister in the last Cabinet expansion.

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