The party, which initially planned to take rebel Congress MLAs along with their legislators in a show of numbers, dropped the plan after getting signals that it would not be appropriate.
BJP MLAs marched to Rashtrapati Bhawan and later a delegation of party leaders, including its MPs from the state, besides party vice president Shyam Jaju, general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and state unit chief Ajay Bhatt met President Pranab Mukherjee.
"This government is in a minority. It has no right to stay in power even for a minute," Vijayvargiya said, adding they sought the President's intervention and dismissal of the government.
"We have urged the President to go through the video- recorded proceedings of the House as it is clear that a majority of MLAs were against the Budget. The government had fallen on the very day," he said.
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Party MP Tarun Vijay, who was part of the delegation, said there was a "constitutional breakdown" in the state and it was "crystal clear" a majority of MLAs are against the government.
"We have requested the President to dismiss the government," he said.
"We never approached them. They sought us out first. Their demand was simple that they wanted the government out and were willing to lend support to BJP. If we form the government, only some of them would be made ministers. For them it was more about their future political prospects than anything else," he said.
It was only after the rebel Congress MLAs approached the BJP that the party approached Governor K K Paul, telling him that it would push for a division of votes in the Assembly and he should order video-recording of entire proceeding.