Bengaluru, May 23 (UNI) Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundu Rao today owned responsibility for the party’s debacle in the Lok Sabha election.
Speaking to newsmen here, he said that “I own the moral responsibility for the defeat and as party’s disciplined soldier I am ready to obey any direction by the party High Command.”
“We all worked unitedly still the outcome was very disappointing and I personally take the responsibility and adhere to party direction whether to continue or tender resignation to the post,” he added.
Congress, the coalition partner with JDS in Karnataka government, tasted most unexpected defeat in the Lok Sabha election as it could win only one seat out of 21 seats it contested after allowing 7 seats to JDS. The only seat Congress won was that of Bangalore Rural when D K Suresh, brother of Minister D K Shivakumar, retained the seat by defeating BJP’s Ashwathnarayana Gowda.
