Yeddyurappa Asked To Resign

BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa's comment comes after Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy declared on Friday that he would seek a trust vote on the floor of the house and asked the Speaker to "fix a time"

The BJP today accused Congress leaders of "assaulting and locking up" a rebel legislator after he refused to take back his resignation amid a political crisis that's threatening to bring down the HD Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka.

A delegation of the Karnataka BJP today asked Governor Vajubhai Vala to issue a directive to Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar, asking him to conduct a floor test at a time when the ruling Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) coalition seems to be teetering on the brink after the resignation of 16 legislators.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav today termed the collapse of the three-day-old BS Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka a "victory of the people's mandate" and asked the central government to resign on moral grounds.

Moments before the trust vote in Karnataka on Saturday, there was a surprise resignation. "I will not face the confidence vote, I am going to resign," said the BJP's BS Yeddyurappa, in an emotional speech before walking out of the assembly to submit his resignation to Governor Vajubhai Vala, the man who has drawn much criticism for inviting him.

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj has accepted the resignations of two ministers in the Jagadish Shettar government. The development comes barely hours after Mr Bhardwaj met Chief Minister Shettar to discuss the latest political crisis orchestrated by legislators loyal to BS Yeddyurappa. Mr Bharadwaj also met the 13 MLAs - including the two ministers,...

The BJP is meant to be selecting the replacement for BS Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister of Karnataka. Instead, what it's confronting is a chorus in Bangalore for Mr Yeddyurappa to stay in office, despite his indictment in a report on illegal mining that indicts him for corruption.

After putting up a fight for over 24 hours, BS Yeddyurappa has finally agreed to resign as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 31. A hunt is now on for his successor.

Defiant till the end, BS Yeddyurappa has finally capitulated. The Karnataka Chief Minister has told BJP president Nitin Gadkari that he will abide by the party's decision and resign.

Even as the BJP announced that it had "advised" BS Yeddyurappa to resign immediately, the Chief Minister of Karnataka was in the midst of an emergency meeting in Bangalore - one clearly intended to telegraph his popularity among ministers and MLAs in his state. Thirty two BJP leaders attended this meeting, eight of these were ministers.

BS Yeddyurappa has been asked by the BJP to resign immediately as Karnataka Chief Minister. After a meeting at party president Nitin Gadkari's house, the party announced that Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will fly to Bangalore tomorrow to decide on who will succeed Mr Yeddyurappa.

BJP General Secretary HN Ananth Kumar met party president Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi today amidst growing voices in the BJP demanding that Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa be asked to go.

BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa's comment comes after Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy declared on Friday that he would seek a trust vote on the floor of the house and asked the Speaker to "fix a time"

The BJP today accused Congress leaders of "assaulting and locking up" a rebel legislator after he refused to take back his resignation amid a political crisis that's threatening to bring down the HD Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka.

A delegation of the Karnataka BJP today asked Governor Vajubhai Vala to issue a directive to Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar, asking him to conduct a floor test at a time when the ruling Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) coalition seems to be teetering on the brink after the resignation of 16 legislators.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav today termed the collapse of the three-day-old BS Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka a "victory of the people's mandate" and asked the central government to resign on moral grounds.

Moments before the trust vote in Karnataka on Saturday, there was a surprise resignation. "I will not face the confidence vote, I am going to resign," said the BJP's BS Yeddyurappa, in an emotional speech before walking out of the assembly to submit his resignation to Governor Vajubhai Vala, the man who has drawn much criticism for inviting him.

Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj has accepted the resignations of two ministers in the Jagadish Shettar government. The development comes barely hours after Mr Bhardwaj met Chief Minister Shettar to discuss the latest political crisis orchestrated by legislators loyal to BS Yeddyurappa. Mr Bharadwaj also met the 13 MLAs - including the two ministers,...

The BJP is meant to be selecting the replacement for BS Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister of Karnataka. Instead, what it's confronting is a chorus in Bangalore for Mr Yeddyurappa to stay in office, despite his indictment in a report on illegal mining that indicts him for corruption.

After putting up a fight for over 24 hours, BS Yeddyurappa has finally agreed to resign as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 31. A hunt is now on for his successor.

Defiant till the end, BS Yeddyurappa has finally capitulated. The Karnataka Chief Minister has told BJP president Nitin Gadkari that he will abide by the party's decision and resign.

Even as the BJP announced that it had "advised" BS Yeddyurappa to resign immediately, the Chief Minister of Karnataka was in the midst of an emergency meeting in Bangalore - one clearly intended to telegraph his popularity among ministers and MLAs in his state. Thirty two BJP leaders attended this meeting, eight of these were ministers.

BS Yeddyurappa has been asked by the BJP to resign immediately as Karnataka Chief Minister. After a meeting at party president Nitin Gadkari's house, the party announced that Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will fly to Bangalore tomorrow to decide on who will succeed Mr Yeddyurappa.

BJP General Secretary HN Ananth Kumar met party president Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi today amidst growing voices in the BJP demanding that Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa be asked to go.