Karnataka Chief Minister has warned disgruntled Congress lawmakers that their resignations would be accepted within minutes, as a purported audio recording of two senior party leaders added to a political row over the state cabinet expansion.
The warning came a day after several MLAs expressed displeasure and offered to resign after being left out of ministerial berths in the expansion. The chief minister's remarks were reported as tensions simmered within the ruling party.
Separately, an audio recording of a purported conversation between two senior Congress leaders has triggered fresh political controversy, according to reports. The recording emerged amid mounting discontent within the Karnataka Congress over the cabinet expansion. Its contents were not detailed in the reports.