Karnataka: Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav submits resignation, may join BJP

Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav on Monday submitted his resignation to the Speaker of the Karnataka assembly.

Party initiated disqualification action against him after he openly revolted against it and seen in Mumbai hotel with other three dissident MLAs.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sources said he may join the saffron party soon and will contest Lok Sabha Elections 2019 from Kalburgi (earlier Gulbarga) constituency against Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge.