The BJP high command also succeeded in persuading former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, leading the rebel faction, to suspend the July 5 deadline for the removal of Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda and replacing him with Lingayat leader Jagadish Chettar.
The rebel group, which triggered a fresh crisis last week with nine of their ministers quitting to pile up pressure to remove the Chief Minister, has been invited for talks in New Delhi by the party's central leadership.
Announcing this after a meeting at Yeddyurappa's residence in Bangalore, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Shettar said the party high-command has assured that a decision on the leadership issue would be taken in the next two-three days.
"The party's central leaders told the Ministers to withdraw their resignations and come to Delhi for talks so that it creates a conducive atmosphere for taking a good decision", said Shettar, who is Yeddyurappa faction's nominee for Chief Ministership and one of the ministers who had quit.
In Delhi, BJP's in-charge for Karnataka affairs Dharmendra Pradhan said,"The ministers have taken back their resignations unconditionally and have returned to work. We are heading for a political solution in Karnataka."
Without elaborating, he said, "Appropriate action will be taken at appropriate time. It has been conveyed to all the sides."
In the 225-member Karnataka Assembly, BJP has a total strength of 120 and Yeddyurappa has been claiming the backing of around 70 MLAs.(MORE)