Bengaluru, Dec 9 (UNI) Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundu Rao on Monday decided to tender resignation from their respective posts, owning to moral responsibility for the party's debacle in the by-election held on December 5.

Speaking to the media here separately, both the leaders said that they were stepping down as the party could not win expected number of seats despite all the efforts made by the leaders unitedly.