DV Sadananda Gowda resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister

Ending a month-long tussle within the state BJP, Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda stepped down as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on 11 July 2012. He handed over his resignation to Karnataka Governor HR Bharadwaj at Raj Bhavan. The resignation of Gowda paved the way for Jagdish Settar to be sworn in as the next Chief Minister of the state.

Sadananda Gowda had assumed the charge as the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka on 4 August 2011. He was elected the CM by ruling Bhartiya Janata Party following the resignation of BS Yeddyurappa.

He was the head of the Bhartiya Janata Party in Karnataka when the party recorded its first victory in the state assembly elections in May 2008. The BJP victory in Karnataka paved the way for the party to form its first government in any of the Southern states. Earlier he had also served as the member of Loksabha for two different terms.