New Delhi: Yeddyurappa Government Will Fall, says Kumaraswamy
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy Saturday claimed he has the numbers to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka in the confidence vote in the assembly Monday.
"We have the numbers," the former Karnataka chief minister told IANS on phone.
Kumaraswamy, who is accused by the BJP of fomenting the crisis in its ranks and in the state, said the "future strategy of the JD-S would be revealed only after defeating the government" of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa.
"Hundred percent, the government will fall. Yeddyurappa cannot win the confidence vote," Kumaraswamy said.
He said he has not held any discussion with the Congress regarding government formation in case the BJP government falls.
"The strategy would be revealed after the confidence voting," he said.
Kumaraswamy was camping since Thursday night at a five-star resort in south Goa where 14 rebel Karnataka legislators have been kept. He was holding talks with them.
Yeddyurappa Confident of Rebel MLAs Return
Bangalore, Oct 9 (PTI) Amid the suspense over the fate of the B S Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka following the revolt by a section of BJP MLAs, both the ruling party and opposition JDS today continued their political machinations to maintain control over the rebels now holed up in a Goa hotel.
Tourism Minister and mining magnate G Janardhana Reddy, who has been engaged in intense parleys with the 14 rebel MLAs, remained in Goa to persuade his party colleagues and also five independent MLAs to return to Bangalore and save the ministry when it faces the crucial confidence vote on Monday.