Disappointed over being denied the party’s nomination for the Legislative Council, popular Kannada actor and former MLC Mukhyamantri Chandru on Sunday resigned from the primary membership of the Congress.
He is among the many leaders in the Congress who are now learnt to be disgruntled after being denied the party’s nomination for the two Council seats that it won recently. Congress sources said that with only two seats available, there were too many aspirants. Mr. Chandru is a one-time MLA from the Janata parivar, two-time MLC from the BJP, and former Chairman of the Kannada Development Authority.
The actor, who joined the Congress from the BJP in 2014, told The Hindu: “I cannot win elections because I do not have money and belong to a microscopic community among the backward classes. The party used me for eight years, but I did not get anything.”
