India, Aug. 11 -- Karnataka Cooperation Minister and senior Congress leader KN Rajanna resigned from his cabinet post on Monday, just hours after his comments on alleged electoral roll irregularities stirred a political storm within the party.

Rajanna, speaking earlier, acknowledged that discrepancies in the voter list, which Rahul Gandhi had described as "vote theft" in Bengaluru's Mahadevapura constituency, had occurred while the Congress was in power. His candid admission contradicted the party's current position and drew sharp criticism from Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.

"When was the voter list prepared? It was during our government's tenure. At that time, was everyone just sitting quietly with eyes closed?" Rajanna said, wa...