Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Bommai Calls Horatti's Forced Resignation a Black Mark
Basavaraj Bommai used to be the Chief Minister, or leader, of a state in India called Karnataka.
He said the state's Congress government did something unfair.
A man named Basavaraj Horatti was the Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council, a group of leaders who help make laws.
Horatti had worked in public life for 46 years, which is a very long time.
Bommai said the government called Horatti to the Chief Minister's house and pressured him to resign.
He said the government accepted Horatti's resignation just five minutes later.
Bommai thinks this was a disrespectful way to treat someone in such an important position.
He called it a black mark in the history of the Legislative Council.
Bommai hopes Horatti will keep guiding young politicians with his experience.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai alleged that the Congress government forced Basavaraj Horatti to resign as Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council.
Horatti is the country's most senior Legislative Council member, with 46 years of service as member, minister, and Chairman.
Bommai said Horatti was pressured to resign at the Chief Minister's residence and inside the Vidhana Soudha, with his resignation accepted and announced within five minutes.
Bommai called the move an insult to the dignity of the Chairman's chair and the Constitution, and a bad precedent and black mark in the Council's history.
Bommai said Horatti practised issue-based politics rising above party lines, and expressed the public's desire for him to remain active in public life.
- Who
- Basavaraj Bommai, former Karnataka Chief Minister and MP, made allegations against Basavaraj Horatti, Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council, and the state's Congress government.
- What
- Bommai alleged that the Congress government forced Horatti, the country's most senior Legislative Council member, to resign from the post of Council Chairman.
- When
- Not specified in the article.
- Where
- Karnataka, India; Bommai issued a press statement in Bengaluru, and claimed pressure was applied at the Chief Minister's residence and inside the Vidhana Soudha.
- Why
- Bommai said the manner of the resignation violated healthy conventions, insulted the dignity of the Chairman's chair and the Constitution, and displayed the government's ill intentions.
- Key figure
- Basavaraj Horatti
- Accuser
- Basavaraj Bommai, former Chief Minister and MP
- Position affected
- Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Council
- Length of service
- 46 years as Council member, minister, and Chairman
- Distinction
- Most senior Legislative Council member in the country
- Government criticized
- Congress-led Karnataka government
- Key locations
- Bengaluru; Chief Minister's residence; Vidhana Soudha
- Bommai's characterization
- A black mark in the history of the Karnataka Legislative Council