Karnataka Minister B Nagendra resigns amid CBI corruption probe

Planning and Statistics Minister B Nagendra resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar's cabinet member on Friday amid a sustained BJP campaign for his exit over a CBI chargesheet filed against him in an alleged corruption case. Nagendra accused the BJP of orchestrating his exit due to their "anti-tribal mindset" and said he was resigning out of respect for the Governor's sanction for his prosecution. He also suggested he may resign as the Ballari Rural MLA and challenged his critics to defeat him in an election.