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Press Trust of India Bangalore
Last Updated : Jan 19 2013 | 10:28 PM IST

Yeddyurappa will meet Governor Rameshwar Thakur tomorrow to stake claim for government formation, party sources said.

Giving boost to its efforts to cobble up majority, two independents, Goolihatti Shekhar and Shivaraj Thangadi, supporting BJP, attended the Legislature Party meeting in which the saffron party MLAs and top leaders were present.

The party has stepped up efforts to lure some more independents, the sources said.

The party was confident of reaching the magic figure of 113 in the 224-member assembly, the sources said.

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