The truce between the warring sides in Karnataka BJP today claimed its first political victim when the lone woman minister Shobha Karandlaje, resigned from the Yeddyurappa cabinet.<br/><br/> The 45-year-old Panchayat Raj Minister tendered her resignation which was immediately accepted by the Chief Minister Mr. B.S. Yeddyurappa. However, Mr. Yeddyurappa had earlier said that the Core Committee to be constituted to monitor the party affairs will decide which are the ministers to be removed. Hours later, the minister's resignation came.<br/><br/> The only woman member of the Cabinet and the first-time MLA from Yeshwantpur constituency in the city, Karandlaje was the target of dissident MLAs, led by the Reddy brothers, who had attacked her for her being accorded prominence by the Chief Minister. They also charged her with interfering with the functioning of other ministries. <br/><br/> Earlier on Friday, the Chief Minister had shunted out his Principal Secretary V P Baligar to industry department under pressure from the dissidents.
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