Lakshminarayana, of Turuverkere in Tumkur, had submitted his resignation on Wednesday alleging that he was no longer able to stomach the “caste politics” allegedly being practised by district in-charge minister V Somanna .
Sources said Home Minister R Ashoka along with former minister Katta Subramanya Naidu met Lakshminarayana and convinced him to withdraw his resignation.
(Published 16 December 2010, 18:42 IST)