Bengaluru: Actor-turned-politician Ambareesh, who resigned as MLA after being dropped as minister, yesterday hit out at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the move, saying "are we like slippers to use and throw away."

"We should have been sent in a dignified way. That is only my objection nothing else. Are we like slippers to use and then throw?" said Ambareesh. The sulking actor-turned-politician said he was "ill-treated" by Siddaramaiah.