Karnataka Sugar Minister Prakash Hukkeri resigns

He resigned following his election to Lok Sabha from Chikkodi constituency

Karnataka Sugar Minister Prakash Hukkeri has resigned following his election to Lok Sabha from Chikkodi constituency.

Governor H R Bhardwaj today accepted the resignation of Hukkeri with immediate effect on the advice of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a Raj Bhavan communique said.

The department of Small Scale Industries which was also held by Hukkeri has now been retained by Siddaramaiah, while Cooperation Minister H S Mahadeva Prasad gets the Sugar portfolio.

Hukkeri had resigned as MLA from Chikodi Assembly constituency on May 30, the last day for doing so.