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BJP asks
'corrupt' Yeddyurappa to quit
Thursday July 28, 2011 12:25:09 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was Thursday asked to
step down immediately by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after
the Lokayukta indicted him for illegal mining in the state.
The decision to ask Yeddyurappa to quit was taken by the BJP
parliamentary panel that met at the residence of party president
Nitin Gadkari, spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters.
"The parliamentary boards unanimously decided that there has to be
a change in the Karnataka BJP legislative party. The party has
advised Yeddyurappa, the current chief minister, to tender his
resignation immediately," Prasad said after the meeting.
BJP's Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will fly to Bangalore Friday
for the election of the new chief minister in Karnataka.
A defiant Yeddyurappa, 68, the BJP's first chief minister in the
south, had ruled out his resignation.
"The question of resigning does not arise," Yeddyurappa told
reporters Wednesday night as he flew to the capital for an
emergency meeting with BJP leaders.
Yeddyurappa, who was accompanied by several ministers and state
party chief K.S. Eshwarappa, met Gadkari and returned to Bangalore
Thursday morning.
Karnataka ombudsman N. Santosh Hegde had Wednesday recommended the
prosecution of Yeddyurappa for multi-crore illegal mining in the
state along with four ministers and others.
Before leaving for Delhi, Yeddyurappa said the report "needs
detailed study".
"Also most of the cases referred to by the Lokayukta are old. Some
of these cases are in Supreme Court and some in high court," he
told reporters at Bangalore airport.
He also said the state cabinet will meet in Bangalore Thursday to
discuss the report.
The 25,228-page report seeks trial of Yeddyurappa and his four
ministers, among others over illegal mining in the state,
estimated to have cost Rs.16,085 crore (Rs.161 billion) due to
illegal mining and export of iron ore from 2006 to 2010 in
royalty, excise duty, value added tax and other levies.
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