Bengaluru: After three days of uncertainty, RDPR Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, who is in the thick of the row over his role in the suicide of Belagavi- based contractor Santosh Patil, submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai here on Friday.
Even as Eshwarappa submitted his resignation to the CM at the latter’s official residence, crowds of his supporters gathered outside the CM’s residence and shouted slogans opposing his resignation. They also shouted slogans against Congress leaders who had sought Eshwarappa’s resignation and are also demanding his arrest over his role in the death of Santosh Patil, who before his death, had in a WhatsApp message, alleged that the Minister demanded 40 percent commission for sanctioning of bills.
