BENGALURU: JD(S) MLA from Devanahalli Pilla Muniswamappa withdrew his resignation on Friday morning after party supremo Deve Gowda intervened and convinced him not to resign.
Gowda, who arrived from Delhi on Thursday evening went directly to Muniswamappa’s house who had submitted his resignation earlier in the day to Assembly Speaker K B Koliwad. The MLA was unhappy over the inclusion of several local leaders like Nisarga Narayanaswamy, a realtor into the party.
He was also upset about state president H D Kumaraswamy not consulting him before inducting Narayanswamy into the party.
After speaking to Gowda and receiving assurances that he would be getting a ticket to contest from Devanahalli again, the MLA had sought time till Friday morning to take a decision.
Muniswamappa went to Koliwad’s house on Friday morning and requested to be allowed to withdraw his resignation. Koliwad acceded to the request.