India, April 13 -- Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Sunday accepted the resignation of party Minority Department chairman K Abdul Jabbar and dissolved the committees constituted under him.

Jabbar announced his resignation on Saturday, a day after a group of Muslim leaders accused members of their own party of "conspiring" to defeat the official candidate in Davanagere South. In his letter to the party, Jabbar said minority voters and office-bearers are the backbone of the Congress and deserve better.

Later, speaking to reporters, he expressed shock at the party office being used by some minority community leaders as a platform to attack senior leaders from the same community.

Jabbar, an MLC, was an aspirant for the Congres...