BENGALURU: In a major setback to the Congress-JDS coalition government led by CM HD Kumaraswamy in Karnataka, two Congress MLAs, including rebel MLA Ramesh Zarkiholi, resigned from the state assembly on Monday. On the other hand, Karnataka Government Minister GT Devgouda has said that PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are not behind the resignation of MLAs.

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JDS MLA and Minister in the Karnataka government, GT Devgouda has said, "Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are not involved in the resignation of the MLAs. The opposition has no hand in destabilizing the government. You may have noticed that since PM Modi was sworn in, he has been thinking of the country, Kashmir, America, China. PM Modi is fully included in the budget. Nobody can blame the BJP for this," he said.

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Reacting to GT Devgouda's statement, Congress leader Ishwar Khandre said, "This GT may be Deve Gowda's personal opinion. But in my opinion, the BJP is directly involved in this matter. They are blackmailing legislators with awe of ED and IT. The people of the region know what is happening. We have discussed with the legislators and nobody will resign," he said.