<span style="color: #222222;">Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced his resignation as the Legislature Party Leader in the State Assembly.<br />''<br />''Addressing media persons in Bengaluru today, Siddaramaiah said he bows to the public mandate and resigns on moral grounds due to the dismal performance of Congress in the by-elections.<br />''<br />''He said his resignation letter has been sent to AICC President Sonia Gandhi and General Secretay KC Venugopal.<br />''<br />''Siddaramaiah said that his expectation that people will teach disqualified MLAs a lesson has not come true.<br />''<br />''Congress could win only two out of 15 seats that went to polls.<br />''<br />''All the disqualified MLAs, except two, have won the election.</span><br />