Deal U-turns leave Yeddy red-faced
In 2006- 2007 during the JDSBJP coalition under Kumaraswamy as chief minister, the government allotted an additional 1667 acres of land to JSW.
In 2006- 2007 during the JDSBJP coalition under Kumaraswamy as chief minister, the government allotted an additional 1667 acres of land to JSW.
Yeddyurappa had promised ministerial berths to all the rebel members of JD(S)-Congress alliance who helped the BJP to come in power, whom the party later gave tickets to contest the bypolls.
The 14-month-old Congress-JD(S) government lost the trust vote by 105-99 in the House on Tuesday after three weeks of intense power struggle in the state.
Amit Shah has asked them to meet again at 3 pm to have a further discussion after which the final decision will be taken in the Parliamentary Board meeting.
After a long tug of war between the coalition government and the BJP, which also reached the Supreme court, the Karnataka government fell on Tuesday after a trust vote to prove its majority.
Union Minister Arun Jaitley had earlier slammed the Opposition for claiming that the BJP government was politicising the situation.
'Yesterday's action of destroying terror hideouts by entering inside Pakistan has resulted in a pro-Modi wave in the country,' Yeddyurappa said.
The political war over charges of horse-trading had escalated in Karnataka Friday with HD Kumaraswamy releasing an audio clip in which Yeddyurappa is purportedly trying to lure a JD(S) MLA for destabilising the coalition government.
The Karnataka Congress had on Sunday claimed that the BJP was indulging in ‘Operation Lotus’. Rubbishing the allegations, BS Yeddyurappa had on Monday counter-accused the Congress-JD(S) alliance of trying to lure BJP MLAs.
Soon after the video of the CM went viral, Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa slammed Kumaraswamy for his remarks.
