Karnataka: Gowda meets BJP leaders

Amid mounting pressure from B S Yeddyurapa for his reinstatement, Karnataka Chief Minister D Sadananda Gowda said on Thursday he has been assured by the BJP top brass that there would be no leadership change in the state. Asked if the party leadership had asked him to step down, he said, "That question does not arise." On reports that top BJP leaders have reconciled to reinstating Yeddyurappa, Gowda said there is "no such direction from the Centre or Central leaders whom we met on Thursday..."