Majority show in Delhi – BS Yeddyurappa
NEW DELHI: BS Yeddyurappa the Karnataka chief minister tonight reached to Delhi with 121 MLAs in tow whom he plans to parade before President Pratibha Patil to prove his majority and demand for removal of Governor HR Bhardwaj who has recommended dismissal of his government to the Centre.
Yeddyurappa said, “Governor of Karnataka has been trying to destabilise our government right from beginning. We request the president and prime minister to save Karnataka, to save democracy by recalling the governor,”
Along with Yeddyurappa also BJP MLAs, MLCs and MPs from Karnataka reached Delhi in three separate aircraft this evening with a plea to the president to “save democracy by recalling the governor”.
He said, “Opposition Congress and the JD(S) want to get rid of our government illegally. We will meet Rashtrapatiji tomorrow with MLAs, MLCs and MPs of our party.’’
Steeping up their campaign against Bhardwaj, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who assured them that nothing unconstitutional will be done in Karnataka.
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, “The NDA strongly condemns the action of governor of Karnataka in sending a report to the central government. The governor’s conduct is partisan. It defies all constitutional norms and principles. There is absolutely no doubt that the Yeddyurappa government enjoys an overwhelming majority in the assembly,”
He maintained that as a result of the Supreme Court judgment, the 11 suspended MLAs have been held to be members of the BJP and were bound by its whip.
Jaitley said that the 11 suspended MLAs have taken back the letter they wrote on October 6, 2010 withdrawing support to the Yeddyurappa government.
“The MLAs have themselves said that they support the government,” he said.
The BJP maintained that Yeddyurappa government enjoys clear majority in the 224-member assembly.
