All BJP ministers resign; pressure mounts on JD(S)
Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, along with a few ministers belonging to his party, met Kumaraswamy tonight and handed over the resignation of BJP ministers.
By PTI |
BANGALORE: Apparently still not giving up hope that power would be transferred to it, BJP in Karnataka on Tuesday mounted pressure on ally JD(S) with all its ministers, in the coalition government, resigning as Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy failed to quit.
Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, along with a few ministers belonging to his party, met Kumaraswamy tonight and handed over the resignation of BJP ministers.
Kumaraswamy sought time till October five, the day JD(S) is slated to hold its political affairs committee meeting to take a decision on power transfer.
BJP had set this evening as the deadline for Kumaraswamy to tender his resignation and handing over the letter of support in order for the Governor to invite Yediyurappa to form the Government.
As per the power-sharing agreement reached between the two parties 20 months ago, Kumaraswamy was supposed to demit office today and hand over charge to Yediyurappa.
After a three-and-half-hour meeting of BJP legislators this evening, also attended by MPs and state office-bearers, party Vice-President Yashwant Sinha announced the decision of the ministers to quit en masse.
"Since we have not heard anything from JD(S) till now, all the ministers, including Yediyurappa, would proceed to the Chief Minister and hand over the resignations," Sinha, in charge of BJP affairs in Karnataka, said.
Asked if BJP would wait till October five on power transfer issue, Yediyurappa remained non-committal.
Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, along with a few ministers belonging to his party, met Kumaraswamy tonight and handed over the resignation of BJP ministers.
Kumaraswamy sought time till October five, the day JD(S) is slated to hold its political affairs committee meeting to take a decision on power transfer.
BJP had set this evening as the deadline for Kumaraswamy to tender his resignation and handing over the letter of support in order for the Governor to invite Yediyurappa to form the Government.
As per the power-sharing agreement reached between the two parties 20 months ago, Kumaraswamy was supposed to demit office today and hand over charge to Yediyurappa.
After a three-and-half-hour meeting of BJP legislators this evening, also attended by MPs and state office-bearers, party Vice-President Yashwant Sinha announced the decision of the ministers to quit en masse.
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"Since we have not heard anything from JD(S) till now, all the ministers, including Yediyurappa, would proceed to the Chief Minister and hand over the resignations," Sinha, in charge of BJP affairs in Karnataka, said.
Asked if BJP would wait till October five on power transfer issue, Yediyurappa remained non-committal.
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