BJP leaders from Karnataka in Delhi to meet Amit Shah
New Delhi, July 25 (IBNS): A group of BJP leaders from Karnataka are in the national capital to meet Union home minister Amit Shah, two days after Karnataka's coalition government fell following a trust vote. The BJP is yet to stake a claim to form the government.
B.S. Yeddyurappa is widely expected to become chief minister even though he has crossed the BJP's 75-year age threshold.
The BJP had scored 105 in the Assembly floor test while the Congress-JD(S) could make only 99.
Among the party leaders now in New Delhi are Yeddyurappa's son Vijayendra Yeddyurappa.
"Senior leaders will meet Amit Shah. I am on a personal visit," NDTV quoted Vijayendra Yeddyurappa as saying.
"We are here to take the guidance of the central leadership, for the formation of the new government, what should be the strategy and action plan," the report quoted another party leader Arvind Limbavali as saying.
Sources say the BJP is treading cautiously so as not to repeat what happened in May last year. Yeddyurappa had then taken oath as CM even as the polls did not deliver a clear winner. He was forced to resign within 48 hours, just before a floor test.
The 16 rebels whose resignations brought about the fall of the coalition government will determine the path ahead for Karnataka's new government. Whether the Speaker accepts their resignations or disqualifies them waits to be seen.
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