Bangalore: Yediyurappa, BJP Ministers Resign en Masse
from various sources
with pics from Akash Poojari Polali
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore (MB)
- JD(S) urges Kumaraswamy not to quit
- Yediyurappa says the step is to pave way for smooth handover
- CM asks Yediyurappa not to take hurried step
- BJP minister Ashok expresses full confidence in Kumaraswamy
Bangalore, Oct 2: Karnataka deputy chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday submitted resignation of BJP ministers, including that of himself, to chief minister H D Kumaraswamy.
All's well...CM Kumaraswamy greets dyCM Yediyurappa at a function to launch of BBMP projects, setting aside the political developments
'Now is not the time for political bickerings...' - DyCM Yediyurappa exchanges greetings with Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Dharam Singh and D Manjunath on the occasion of unveiling of Babu Jagjivan Ram's statue in Bangalore.
BJP Leaders D H Shankar Murthy, Ananth Kumar, Sadananda Gowda, Yashwant Sinha, Venkaiah Naidu, Yediyurappa, Eshwarappa and MLC`s and MLA`s at the legislature meeting at Yediyurappa's residence in Bangalore on Tuesday.
Earlier, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, insisted that the power-sharing agreement reached 20 months ago was sacrosanct and that the JD(S) should honour it.
The deadline for chief minister H D Kumraswamy to tender his resignation to governor Rameshwar Thakur, is over and we had to act, added Sinha.
"It is entirely up to chief minister, H D Kumaraswamy, to take the next steps. Even at this stage, we want the coalition government to continue," Sinha said.
Meanwhile, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has told the BJP Ministers who resigned today that he will take a decision on power transfer on October 5.
JD-S leaders ask Kumaraswamy not to resign
New Delhi: The power struggle in Karnataka on Tuesday reached a flash point with the JD-S leadership asking chief minister H D Kumaraswamy not to resign.
"We have asked him (Kumaraswamy) not to resign," party spokesman, Danish Ali, told PTI here.
He said the Political Affairs Committee of the party will meet here on Friday to take stock of the development in the state.
Under the power-sharing pact, Kumaraswamy is supposed to demit office on October 3, making way for BJP's B S Yediyurappa to take over the Chief Ministership.
The BJP has stuck to its deadline that Kumaraswamy should tender his resignation to the Governor today and hand over a letter of support.
The man believed to be stalling the transfer of power, former prime minister and JD(S) national president HD Deve Gowda, said once again there will be no developments before October 5.
"On October 5 of this month we are going to meet in Delhi. Political Affairs Committee will take a final decision on all these matters. Please wait till then," said Gowda, President, JD(S).
As October 3, the agreed date for the handover of the Chief Minister's post got closer, the two parties headed for a confrontation.
Twenty months of a JD(S) Chief Minister followed by 20 months for the BJP - that was the agreement.
And the BJP said that in Karnataka's political version of Twenty20 cricket, it is now the BJP's turn to bat.
"We have fielded and bowled for 20 months, now it is our time to bat. There is no scope for negotiation. October 3 is our deadline and the Chief Minister must resign by the evening of October 2,'' said Yashwant Sinha, BJP Leader.
But as political meetings followed, speculations flew around and not everyone in the JD(S) was in the mood to meet the BJP's deadline.
"What deadline, what agreement was there between the two parties? There was an agreement between Kumaraswamy and Yediyurappa. He now has to listen to the party," said JD (S) state president.
The BJP said the power transfer has to happen, even as the JD(S) says there was no agreement between the parties, only between individuals.
"Anything can happen anytime....":