Thursday, July 28, 2011

eddyurappa agrees to go, BJP to choose successor tomorrow

chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday sent his resignation letter to Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari after the party asked him to step down "immediately" as the lokayukta had indicted him for illegal mining in the state. Yeddyurappa is believed to have
told Gadkari his career in Karnataka must be protected. Yeddyurappa's resignation will be effective when he sends his letter to Karnataka governor HS Bhardwaj, who has been a bitter critic of the BJP leader.

The decision to ask Yeddyurappa to quit was taken by the BJP parliamentary panel that met at the residence of party president Nitin Gadkari, spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters.

"The parliamentary boards unanimously decided that there has to be a change in the Karnataka BJP legislative party. The party has advised Yeddyurappa, the current chief minister, to tender his resignation immediately," Prasad said after the meeting.

BJP's Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will fly to Bangalore Friday for the election of the new chief minister in Karnataka.

Karnataka ombudsman N Santosh Hegde had on Wednesday recommended the prosecution of Yeddyurappa for multi-crore illegal mining in the state along with four ministers and others.


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