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| '101% confident' Yeddyurappa |
| '101% confident' Yeddyurappa set to parade MLAs
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| INDIA
, 17-May-2011
6:48:32 AM |
| Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is in Delhi and will parade his MLAs before the President today to prove that he has the numbers in the Assembly. Ahead of that meeting, Mr Yeddyurappa said, "We are 101 percent confident of a majority and staking claim to form government."
His party, the BJP, has kept up the pressure it has built over the last two days on Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj, with top leaders leaving no stone unturned to ensure that its only government in the South is saved.
Mr Bhardwaj had sent a report over the weekend reportedly recommending President's Rule in the state. The Centre, sources say, is inclined to reject Mr Bhardwaj's report. The BJP is demanding the removal of Governor HR Bhardwaj
First on Mr Yeddyurappa's agenda on Tuesday was a visit, he said, to party patriarch LK Advani's house "to take his blessings... Evening we will go and meet honorable President of India," he said. Mr Yeddyurappa arrived in Delhi late last night and met BJP president Nitin Gadkari and other senior party leaders.
Today, Mr Gadkari said his party's government had the support of 121 MLAs and so was not a minority government in Karnataka. "The Governor recommending President's rule is unconstitutional...We will win this fight in Karnataka, majority is with us," he said, adding that the, "Governor's office is being misused."
The BJP president also took a jibe at Mr Bhardwaj when he said, "Instead of Governor, he should work as special invitee of the AICC. He should come here and work for the party."
Earlier in the day, Mr Yeddyurappa "complimented" Mr Bhardwaj for helping unite BJP. "Bhardwaj is helping us to unite and strengthen our party. I compliment him for that. I also thank all my BJP friends. I have come to Delhi to save democracy and Karnataka," he said.
On Monday, leaders of the BJP-led NDA met the Prime Minister and, led by senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, demanded an immediate recall of the Governor.
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