Bangalore:
Perhaps this is a sort of New Year's resolution to bury the hatchet. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa drove to Raj Bhavan in Bangalore on Friday morning to meet Governor HR Bhardwaj. The BJP has repeatedly attacked Mr Bhardwaj for abandoning the basic impartiality required of his office, and functioning as an agent of the Congress. Mr Bhardwaj in the past has served as India's Law Minister.
Mr Yeddyurappa described the meeting as a courtesy call. The next Assembly session in Karnataka starts on Thursday.
"No political significance should be attached to my meeting with the Governor. I invited him to deliver his address to the joint sitting on January 6", Yeddyurappa told reporters outside Raj Bhavan after calling on Bhardwaj.
The Governor has been vocal about his belief that the single-largest trademark of Mr Yeddyurappa's government is corruption. He has suggested that from illegal mining to irregular land scams, the BJP has abused its powers in the state.
Two months ago, Mr Bhardwaj discarded a vote of confidence won by Mr Yeddyurappa after a section of his party seemed on the cusp of switching sides to support the Opposition. Mr Bhardwaj ruled that the voice vote was not enough for a matter as serious as the survival of the government, so he asked the Chief Minister to undergo another trust vote just four days later - a first for India.