| Raj Bhavan sources said the governor had recommended to the Centre imposition of President's rule in the state. However, Thakur asked Yeddyurappa to continue till "alternative" arrangements were made. |
| Yeddyurappa's resignation came after the JD(S) issued a whip this morning directing its members not to vote in favour of the BJP government. |
| The BJP had on Sunday refused to sign the 12-point memorandum of understanding (MoU) forwarded by JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda. Besides, the two parties failed to resolve their differences over the allocation of key portfolios such as finance, urban development and mining. |
| Another factor that became a bone of contention between the two parties was the proposed induction of former BJP minister B Sriramulu into the state cabinet. |
| Sriramulu had filed a criminal complaint against the then chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. But Sriramulu, a mining magnate, had the blessings of BJP national leaders. Yeddyurappa reportedly expressed his inability to drop him from the cabinet. |
| Gowda, who is reportedly hobnobbing with the Congress, left for New Delhi in the evening. However, Gowda's decision has been opposed by senior JD(S) leaders. |
| At the JD(S) legislature party meeting, former ministers N Cheluvaraya Swamy, Amare Gouda Bayyapure and 20 other legislators reportedly threatened to walk out of the party if JD(S) failed to support the BJP. |
| "You (Gowda) are running the party as a personal fiefdom. The public mood is against us. How will we face the next elections? We do not want to be identified with a party that has lost its moral and ethical values. If the BJP is not supported, we will move out of the party as well and tender resignation from the legislature," a senior JD (S) leader reportedly told the meeting. Subsequently, they staged a walkout. |
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