A day after resigning en masse from the JD(S)-BJP government in Karnataka, the BJP ministers stayed away from official work without waiting for CM to decide on their letters.
BANGALORE: A day after resigning en masse from the JD(S)-BJP government in Karnataka, the BJP ministers on Wednesday stayed away from official work without waiting for Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to decide on their letters.
Some of the ministers have returned their official cars, BJP spokesman S Suresh Kumar said.
The BJP ministers, led by Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, had handed over their resignations to Kumaraswamy last night, in tune with the party's decision to quit the ministry if JD(S) delayed power transfer beyond October three.
Kumaraswamy has decided not to act on the resignation letters till the meeting of the political affairs committee (PAC) of the party takes a final view on power transfer. The meeting would take place in Delhi on October five.
JD(S) has convened a meeting of its office bearers here tomorrow to elicit their views on the issue of handing over of power to BJP.
Meanwhile, the opposition Congress rubbished speculation that it was toying with the idea of extending support to JD(S) government from outside.
"Let JD(S)-BJP decide what they will do. Then we will spell out our stand", a front-ranking Congress leader said, refusing to be quoted.
Meanwhile, Congress is contemplating to meet Governor Rameshwar Thakur on October 6-7 to urge for his intervention as the state was facing a 'constitutional crisis', a senior Congress leader said.
It is learnt that Congress leader Pravin Chand Thavar had consulted Karnataka state unit leaders on emerging political crisis in the wake of stand off between JD(S)-BJP on power transfer.
BJP Vice-President Yaswanth Sinha, whom the party had send to defuse the crisis has returned to Delhi, BJP sources said, adding, senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu had consultations with Yediyurappa on Wednesday.
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