Bangalore : The failure of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to give any representation to coastal MLAs in his cabinet except for MLC Kota Srinivas Poojari, has met with stiff resistance. Already, the coastal MLAs including Raghupathi Bhat, Yogish Bhat, Lalaji Mendon, Halady Srinivas Shetty, Mallika Prasad and Lakshminarayan convened a meeting in Bangalore to discuss the issue.
It is learnt, Coastal Development Authority Chairman Nagaraj Shetty has also quit over the issue. Meanwhile, the MLAs and their loyalists even shouted slogans against Yeddyurappa and gheraoed him outside his residence.
Back in Kundapur, loyalists of local MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty staged protest in the town and forcibly downed shutters of shops. A bundh has also been called in the town on Friday to protest against the neglect of local MLAs in the cabinet.