Days after Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa was named as an accused in a case registered over the unnatural death of a civil contractor, he submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on April 15.<br /><br />After resigning, Eshwarappa held a press conference where he said that he was quitting “to prevent embarrassment to the BJP.<br /><br />“For last 4 days, I've been asking my seniors to accept my resignation, today they accepted it. There is a conspiracy behind all this. I resigned to prevent embarrassment to BJP. I urged the CM that an investigation should be conducted into the alleged suicide case of contractor Santosh Patil, he said.<br /><br />Notably, KS Eshwarappa was Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister in Karnataka Cabinet.<br />