A serious threat of a split in the party stares the BJP in the face as Yeddyurappa on Friday went back on his assurance to quit on July 31 and declared that he would not step down since, he claimed, he enjoys the support of 73 of the 120 party MLAs.
A serious threat of a split in the party stares the BJP in the face as chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday went back on his assurance to quit on July 31 and declared that he would not step down since, he claimed, he enjoys the support of 73 of the 120 party MLAs. The showdown has brought the BJP high command under tremendous pressure to suspend Yeddyurappa from the party.
Yeddyurappa who issued a communiqué on Thursday night expressing his decision to submit his resignation on July 31 after the end of inauspicious Aashada month, delivered yet another shock to BJP national leaders Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley on Friday morning when he questioned the high command’s demand for his resignation.
The chief minister who invited the MLAs for a breakfast meeting turned it into a show of strength and questioned the very credibility of the Lokayukta report, based on which the party high command is seeking his resignation.
Yeddyurappa's confidence was bolstered further when the Reddy brothers too rubbished the Lok Ayukta report and termed "harsh' the high command's decision that was based on the report.
Party MP DB Chandre Gowda, supporting the argument, declared that they would try to convince the high command not to consider the report sacrosanct as it had not provided an opportunity for the accused to make arguments to defend themselves.
Minister Renukacharya and MLA Harish, staunch supporters of Yeddyurappa, later claimed that the chief minister enjoyed the support of 73 MLAs, 21 MLCs (Members of Legislature Council) and 15 MPs. They said that Yeddyurappa deserved an honourable exit.
As the situation threatened to go out of control, Jaitley and Rajnath Singh rushed to Yeddyurappa's residence to resolve the deadlock. Talks, however, failed as Yeddyurappa reportedly placed tough demands. But the party leadership said that he had not set any condition to quit.
However, sources close to Yeddyurappa said that the chief minister was adamant on his demands of having the right to name his successor, appointing
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