Bengaluru: Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti resigned on Friday, claiming that he was asked to resign by the Congress dispensation.Speaking to reporters later, Horatti said the Congress leaders told him that they would move a no-confidence motion against him. Before resigning, Horatti met Shivakumar and Congress state president B K Hariprasad, who is also an MLC, and said he would resign. After the resignation was submitted, Shivakumar told reporters that he had a meeting with Horatti, explaining to him the 'political realities'. There will also be an election for the Deputy Chairman, and he (Horatti) will act as the pro-tem Chairman. After the Deputy Chairman is elected, we will keep the process of electing the Council Chairman on the same evening," Shivakumar said.