Stepping up pressure on the BJP leadership to concede his demand for reinstatement as Chief Minister, B.S. Yeddyurappa on Monday fielded a close aide as a “rebel” candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka.
Soon after the BJP high command took a stern stand and ruled out an immediate leadership change in the State, B.J. Puttaswamy filed his papers, minutes before the close of nominations. Two official candidates of the BJP had already filed their nominations.
Mr. Yeddyurappa has been asking the high command to negotiate with him on his demand for reinstatement as Chief Minister before March 22, last date for withdrawal of nominations for the Rajya Sabha polls. He has taken MLAs of his camp to a resort.
Taking its cue from the high command, the State BJP suspended Mr. Puttaswamy from the party and issued a show-cause to 10 MLAs from the Yeddyurappa camp who proposed his candidature. Mr. Puttaswamy's resignation from the post of Chief Minister's political secretary was accepted. Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda too remained firm and ruled out convening the Legislature Party meeting to discuss leadership change as demanded by Mr. Yeddyurappa.
The party's tough stance that there will be “no leadership change in haste” and that “Mr. Gowda will present the budget” has had its impact, it is learnt. For, the number of MLAs in the Yeddyurappa camp has since dwindled. Even as claims were made that he had the support of about 60 MLAs, highly placed sources in the BJP maintained that only 38 legislators were with the Yeddyurappa camp.
According to a senior BJP leader, none of the MLAs want to face early polls and hence they are apprehensive of their pressure tactics leading to elections. But the political scenario has left them confused.
Keywords: Karnataka politics, BJP in-fighting, Yeddyurappa, Karnataka crisis
no confidence in any parties this is the time to wake up young generatins also who are all sme thinking mind and good capable administrator politician have come out from thier party and make new generation local party and get peoples believe , faith and save republic nation also save karnataka from scam and corruption
JAI BHARATH
I completely agree with Sathwick.
In 2 years 3 no confidence motions and many scams and too much nepotism.
These people should have the right to transfer power from one stupid to another just to keep government going.I hardly see any progress in karnataka since BJP in power.
Fresh elections is a credible solution.Hope would be smart at least this time.
Well Mr. Yeddyurappa has shamed Karnataka enough by being the first
former CM to be sent to jail in Karnataka. On what basis is he asking
for a reinstatement? For another land scam? To grant more illegal mining
licenses? People like Yeddyurappa think corruption is a way of life.
High time people stop blind votes.
BJP now is no longer a party with a difference. I am sick and tired of the their internal bickerings. The right thing to do now is to dissolve the assembly and conduct fresh elections. This is the only credible solution for the problem Karnataka is facing.
Pity on my country. Taking MLA's to the resort. What rubbish! Yeddy should be sent out of politics for doing this. instead of serving people they are wasting time on such stupid activities by wasting the time and money of the people just to sit in that Chief Minister's chair. I don't know why High Court left him just like that. May be he has bought High court also...God Knows what's happening in the Silicon City...Sad!
People should drive Yeddy and his buddies out of politics. BJP leadership should never give in to his pressure tactics. Otherwise it will lose its stature and never get a chance to govern in Karnataka again.
now this thief again wants to enter in politics, but for what??? to do
more land scam's or to snatch the rights of common people....what yeddy
thinks, and why the indian citizen support this type of thief's
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