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BJP set to head a State government for first time in South India
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Bangalore, Nov 10 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to form the next government in Karnataka, a first for the party in South India, with the support of Janata Dal-Secular on Monday.
The swearing in ceremony of BJP's chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa will be held at 12 noon.
BJP national leaders, including Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha L K Advani, party President Rajnath Singh, M Venkaiah Naidu, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, are likely to be present at the swearing-in ceremony in Bangalore.
Besides Yeddyurappa, a nominee for the Deputy Chief Ministership, who is to be chosen by the JD (S), will also take oath, sources said.
A final decision on Deputy Chief Minister is expected during the JD (S) Legislature party meet on Sunday.
While former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has emerged as the frontrunner for the deputy chief ministership, names of Kumaraswamy's elder brother H D Revanna, and JD (S) state unit President Merajuddin Patel were also doing the rounds.
The Yeddyurappa-led Ministry will be expanded in consultation with JDS leaders after the BJP-JD (S) combine proves its majority on the floor of the assembly.
The date for floor test is likely to be announced by Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Sunday.
On Friday, Governor invited Yeddyurappa, who has been elected BJP-JD (S) joint legislature party leader, to form the government.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to revoke President's rule in Karnataka and revive the Assembly, which had been kept under suspended animation.
The President's rule was imposed in the State on October 9 after BJP withdrew its support from its coalition with the JD (S) due to differences over transfer of Chief Ministership as per the power-sharing agreement.
Three weeks after a bitter public spat, both parties came together deciding to form the next coalition in the State under B S Yeddyurappa's leadership. (ANI) --MP Labels: Politics
Karnataka Governor invites Yeddyurappa to form govt
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Bangalore, Nov 9 (ANI): Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur today invited senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader B S Yeddyurappa, who has been elected BJP-Janata Dal-Secular joint legislature party leader, to form the next government in the State. Yeddyurappa, who was accompanied by former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy at the meeting with Karnataka Governor, will be sworn in as Karnataka Chief Minister on Monday. "The swearing-in ceremony is on Monday. We will decide the time (of swearing-in) by tonight or tomorrow morning", Yeddyurappa told reporters outside Raj Bhavan. The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to revoke President's rule in Karnataka and revive the Assembly, which had been kept under suspended animation.
The President's rule was imposed in the State on October 9 after BJP withdrew support from its coalition with the JD (S) due to differences over transfer of Chief Ministership as per the power-sharing agreement. Three weeks after a bitter public spat, both parties came together deciding to form the next coalition in the State under B S Yeddyurappa's leadership. Earlier, Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur had submitted his report on the political situation in the State to the Union Home Ministry. (ANI) -AJ
Labels: Politics
BJP leader Yeddiyurappa to meet Karnataka Governor
Friday, November 9, 2007
Bangalore, Nov 9 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader B S Yeddiyurappa, who will lead the coalition government in Karanataka with the Janata Dal-Secular, will meet Governor Rameshwar Thakur later today. Thakur is expected to extend Yeddiyurappa a formal invitation to form the government.
Yeddiyurappa is expected to be sworn in as Chief Minister on Monday. Meanwhile, the JD (S) has convened a meeting on Sunday, ahead of the government formation. On the 12-point 'memorandum of understanding' that JD (S) chief Deve Gowda had sent to the BJP, JD (S) state unit president Merajuddin Patel said it s not a pre-condition and it is merely an understanding between the two partners for smooth governance.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to revoke President's rule in Karnataka and revive the Assembly, which had been kept under suspended animation. The President's rule was imposed in the State on October 9 after BJP withdrew support from its coalition with the JD (S) due to differences over transfer of Chief Ministership as per the power-sharing agreement. Three weeks after a bitter public spat, both parties came together deciding to form the next coalition in the State under B S Yediyurappa's leadership. Earlier, Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur had submitted his report on the political situation in the State to the Union Home Ministry. (ANI) -AJ
Labels: Politics
Cabinet decides to revoke President's rule in Karnataka
Thursday, November 8, 2007
New Delhi, Nov 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to revoke President's rule in Karnataka, and it is likely that the month-long political crisis in the state may now come to an end with the formation of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Janata Dal (Secular) (JD-S) coalition government.
The President's rule was imposed in the State on October 9 after BJP withdrew support from its coalition with the JD (S) due to differences over transfer of Chief Ministership as per the power-sharing agreement.
Three weeks after a bitter public spat, both parties came together deciding to form the next coalition in the State under B S Yediyurappa's leadership.
On Monday night, the BJP-JD(S) alliance paraded 125 MLAs before President Pratibha Patil, who were led by Yeddiyurappa.
Forty-five JD (S) and 80 BJP MLAs met Patil to demonstrate their right to be called to form a coalition government in Karnataka.
Chief Ministerial candidate Yeddyurappa and former Chief Minister and JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy together conveyed to the President that the combine has majority in the State Assembly.
Senior BJP leaders Venkaiah Naidu and Yashwant Sinha accompanied the group.
Four JDS MLAs -- H D Revanna, Merajuddin Patel, B C Patil and Putte Gowda -- stayed away citing personal reasons.
On October 29, both the BJP and the JD (S) paraded 129 MLAs in front of Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur.
Earlier, Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur had submitted his report on the political situation in the State to the Union Home Ministry. (ANI) Labels: Politics
Governor briefs Shivraj Patil about Karnataka situation
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
AA: New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur today met
Home Minister Shivraj Patil and briefed him about the political situation in
the State.Thakur, who arrived here with his "final report" on Karnataka, informed him
about the political developments taking place in the state after October 31,
when he submitted his comprehensive status report to the Centre. The BJP has been critical of Thakur for not inviting Yediyurappa to form the
government. Later, the Governor left to attend the Fourth International Conference on
Federalism, which commenced in the Capital on Monday. The meeting was held ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Janata
Dal-Secular (JD-S) legislators meeting with President Pratibha Patil today
at 6.00 p.m. BJP-JD(S) legislators will parade themselves before President this evening
to demonstrate their right to be called to form a coalition government in
Karnataka. BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa will lead 128 MLAs of both parties, who arrived
here last night by a chartered flight. Meanwhile, former Chief Minister and JD-S leader H D Kumaraswamy, has told
reporters in Mysore that his party MLAs would join the BJP and present
themselves before the President. Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur has also arrived here and is expected to
apprise the Central government about the political situation in Karnataka. The BJP has been critical of Thakur for not inviting Yediyurappa to form the
government. According to sources, the Governor has outlined the chronology of events
since the fall of the JDS-BJP Government headed by H D Kumaraswamy. The various antics adopted by the BJP to pressurise the Governor for
inviting it to form government, besides the opinion of legal and
constitutional experts on the BJP's claim to form the government, have been
mentioned in Thakur's report. Newspaper cuttings and Congress letters to the Governor, have also been
appended to the report. Meanwhile, Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan has said that a
BJP-JD(S) coalition would be "inherently unstable." It is an "unnatural
alliance," which was a "complete perversion and subversion of the
Constitutional process," she added. President's Rule was imposed in the State on October 9 after the BJP
withdrew support from its coalition with the JD (S) due to differences over
the transfer of Chief Ministership as per the power-sharing agreement inked
in 2005. Three weeks after a bitter public spat, both parties came together deciding
to form the next coalition in the State under B S Yediyurappa's leadership.
(ANI) Labels: Politics
BJP-JDS alliance parades 125 MLAs before President Patil
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
AA: New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): In a show of strength in the Karnataka
State Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal (Secular)
alliance paraded 125 MLAs before President Pratibha Patil here today.BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa led 125 MLAs of both parties, who arrived
here last night by a chartered flight. Forty-five JD (S) and 80 BJP MLAs met Patil to demonstrate their right
to be called to form a coalition government in Karnataka. Chief Ministerial candidate Yeddyurappa and former Chief Minister and
JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy together conveyed to the President that
the combine has majority in the State Assembly. Senior BJP leaders Venkaiah Naidu and Yashwant Sinha accompanied the group. Four JDS MLAs -- H D Revanna, Merajuddin Patel, B C Patil and Putte
Gowda -- stayed away citing personal reasons. On October 29, both the BJP and the JD (S) paraded 129 MLAs in front
of Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur. Meanwhile, the Karnataka Governor submitted his report on the
political situation in the State to the Union Home Ministry. President's Rule was imposed in the State on October 9 after the BJP
withdrew support to its coalition with the JD (S) due to differences
over the transfer of Chief Ministership as per the power-sharing
agreement inked in 2005. Three weeks after a bitter public spat, both parties came together
deciding to form the next coalition in the State under B S
Yeddyurappa's leadership. (ANI) Labels: Politics
BJP-JD(S) to parade MLAs before Prez
MP: With the political drama over the government formation continuing in Karnataka, JD(s)-BJP combine coalition is expected to parade its 129 MLAs before the President in Delhi on Tuesday. The recent move is seen as a step to show the alliance strength and pressurise the Center to take an early decision on the on going political crisis. Meanwhile governor Rameshwar Thakur is expected to meet the leaders in Delhi and submit his final report on the State. Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy also indicated that his party MLAs would join BJP and present themselves before the President. The MLA's had already left for Delhi and have been trying to fix up an appointment with the President on Tuesday. Labels: Politics
BJP appeals to Guv for early decision
Sunday, November 4, 2007
MP: As the political uncertainity in the State continues, BJP had appealed to the Governor Rameshwar Thakur for an early decision on the government formation. BJP delegates had even appealed to the Governor to speed up his report submission to the Center.''We discussed on the prevailing political situation and appealed the Governor to send his report as early as possible to facilitate revocation of the President's rule and formation of BJP-led government,' said BJP leader Anantkumar. Its been a week since the BJP- JD(S) combine had staked claim to form the government. A sit-in dharna also was held by the BJP workers in protest to the delay in extending an invitation and this was called off after assurances from the Governor. Meanwhile BJP plans to hold ''save democracy'' yatra from Monday . Labels: Politics
Govt formation yet to decide
Friday, November 2, 2007
MP: The crisis on the goverment formation in Karantaka continues as the Center is yet to decide on the issue after the Union Cabinet meeting which is scheduled for Friday. The Congress is on the stand for fresh election and has been pressing for dissolution of the Assembly. Meanwhile Governor Rameshwar Thakur is likely to send his final report recommending either government formation or dissolution of the Assembly. Though the coalition partners BJP and JD(S) had joined together again to stake claim to form new government, Governor has not invitied them. Also the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) has said a decision on revocation of President's rule in the State will be taken only after President Pratibha Patil returns from Thiruvananthapuram. Labels: Politics
BJP, JD (S) parade 129 MLAs before Karnataka Governor
Monday, October 29, 2007
MP: Bangalore, Oct 29 (ANI): A day after a senior JD (S) leader
revolted against his party and cast a shadow on the formation of the
next BJP-led coalition in the State, both the BJP and the JD (S)
paraded 129 MLAs in front of Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur
today.B S Yediyurappa has been elected leader of the BJP-JD(S) joint
legislature party. At the BJP headquarters in Delhi, the party expressed hope that the
Governor will invite them to form the government. On the other hand, the Congress party has asked the Centre to dissolve
the Assembly. Leaders of both political parties have already submitted letters of
support to the Governor in favour of former Deputy Chief Minister B S
Yediyurappa to head the next coalition in the State. The BJP leaders had also urged the Governor to request President
Pratibha Patil to discontinue the President's rule in the State, after
JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy made a turnabout and decided to support
the BJP within a month after both parties parted away from each other. On Sunday, another dramatic moment came in the fluid political
situation in the State, when former Deputy Chief Minister M P Prakash
turned against his party's decision to back the BJP. Prakash, who revolted against the party supremo H D Deve Gowda, said
that the support letter submitted by the JD (S) leadership to the
Governor in support of the formation of the BJP-led government is
"invalid and illegal". He alleged that the JD (S) legislative party meeting was not held
before former Kumaraswamy submitted the support letter to the
Governor. A powerful Lingayat leader, Prakash had played the role of his party's
points-man for talks with the Congress in recent weeks, and is
reportedly miffed over by the sudden decision taken by Kumaraswamy to
realign with the BJP after a bitter public fallout with the saffron
party. He claims that he has the support of 31 JD (S) MLAs. The sudden turmoil in the JD (S) had led Kumaraswamy to send his 40
legislators to a resort to prevent them from being 'poached' by the
Congress. In the present State Assembly, which has been kept under suspended
animation, the BJP has highest number of legislators with 79 MLAs,
followed by the Congress with 65 MLAs, which excludes the eight other
members led by former Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who broke
away from the JD (S) to join the Congress. Kumaraswamy led JD (S) has officially 57 members in the legislature,
but its strength is down to 48 after Siddaramaiah's defection. The smaller parties and independents only add to 17 in the 224-member Assembly. The Congress, which has second largest number of MLAs after the BJP,
is closely watching the evolving situation. Kumaraswamy had blamed the Congress for engineering a split in his
party that led him to join hands with the BJP. The coalition government led by Kumaraswamy fell last month after the
BJP withdrew support, accusing the JD (S) of going back on its word to
hand over reigns of power as part of a deal. (ANI) Labels: Politics
Janata Dal-Secular to prepare for polls:Devegowda
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Bangalore, Oct.25 (ANI): Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) President and former Prime Minister H.D.Devegowda today announced that his party would seek a fresh mandate from the peoplein the wake of the Congress backing off from a coalition tie-up for government formation. "With the Congress bringing the curtains down on government formation, the only course left for us is to gear up for elections," Devegowda told reporters here."BJP has already annnounced that it will face elections. The Congress has pulled the curtain down on government formation. We are the only third party left in the state. We should keep these developments in mind and go ahead strengthening and preparing the party for elections," Devegowda said."The question of waiting for a call by the Congress for an invitation to form the government does not arise at all now. The Congress has its own right to reject any offer. Where is the question of being humiliated?," he shot back while answering a query.Senior JD(S) leaders met here on Thursday and announced a decision in favour of elections, he said.Devegowda said the list of contesting candidates would be announced by November 15.Gowda, who began the exercise of restructuring district units and sorting out differences among partymen on Thursday with a meeting with districts units of Uttara Kannada and Dharwad, said he would complete it by November 1. He also announced that he would be launching a statewide electioneering campaign from November 2. He expressed confidence about the party putting up a good show in the upcoming elections, drawing inspiration from the JD-S' performance in the recent urban local bodies polls.When his attention was drawn to the state assembly being kept under suspended animation, he said "it is the responsibility of the Governor Rameshwar Thakur to dissolve the House and facilitate seeking fresh mandate from people."He, however, defended the Delhi mission undertaken by former state Home Minister M P Prakash, remarking it was done in consonance with the opinion expressed by MLAs to explore the possibility of forming a government with the Congress.The BJP has accused its former coalition partner JDS of trying to create confusion in the minds of people on formation of another government in the state with Congress' support."There is no possibility of formation of a government in Karnataka. JDS is trying to create confusion in the minds of people", former deputy chief minister B S Yediyurappa told reporters while reacting to the attempts being made by JDS to lure Congress.He questioned Governor Thakur's decision not invite the BJP to form the government after H D Kumaraswamy Government had resigned.Ruling out revival of ties with JDS, Yediyurappa said there was no need for any discussion with that party and BJP was ready for polls. (ANI)Labels: Politics
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