NEW DELHI / BANGALURU: the BJP seems to be going tough on Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who struck a defiant note and cancelled his visit to Delhi last night, has been summoned this morning once again. BJP leadership has authorised Gadkari to decide on the fate of Yeddyurappa after opposition parties stepped up pressure for his resignation.
The Chief Minister, who is facing allegations of corruption and nepotism, dropped his plans to fly to Delhi in the evening for a meeting with BJP president Nitin Gadkari. A BJP leader said there was a feeling in the meeting that it was becoming increasingly untenable for Yeddyurappa to continue in office at a time when the party is carrying on a campaign at the national level on the telecom scam. They added what seemed to have tilted the leaders’ thinking were fresh media reports that talked of cheque transactions to the tune of 20 crore rupees being allegedly transferred to CM’s sons and son-in-law from a Bellary mining company.
Meanwhile JD-S on Sunday released some more documents allegedly indicating involvement of Yeddyurappa in some other financial irregularities.
In another development, Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Jagadish Shettar, who has emerged as a candidate for chief ministerial post in the event of BJP deciding to ease out Yeddyurappa, said he was not in the race for the top job.